Phoenix: Policing the shadows

by Jack Holland

Book Overview

The revealing story of Ian Phoenix who was head of Northern Ireland's police counter-surveillance unit. His position was so secret that most of his family were unaware of it until after his death. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034066634X
• ISBN13: 9780340666340
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Phoenix: Policing the Shadows

Good read, yet another sacrifice in the war on terror and the Brits have been at this longer than the US has.

COURAGE AGAINST AN UNKNOWN ENEMY

THIS MAN WAS A GREAT LOSE TO THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF N.IRELAND AND AS FOR THE TREACHEROUS PEOPLE WHO (MURDERED HIM)WHICH I HAVE NO DOUGHTS ABOUT I CAN`T SEE THERE LOGIC IN THE DEATHS OF ALL THE MEN ON THAT CHOPPER,I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE WAR WON,BUT FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY THEY WERE SACRIFICED.I FEEL GREAT SORROW FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS CHILDREN,AS THEY SUFFER THE GREATEST LOSE,IT IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME.I JUST HOPE AND PRAY HIS LIFE WAS NOT SACRIFICED FOR NOTHING,AS TO`MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ALREADY.I WORKED IN THE PUB IN BANGOR THAT THE IRA WERE PLANNING TO BLOW UP,I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY FOR MY LIFE,AND MARTIN MAGARTLAND FOR HIS INFORMATION THAT LEAD TO THE PREVENTION OF THE BOMBING THAT DAY. IF IT WAS`NT FOR PHOENIX I WOULD NOT BE THE PROUD FATHER OF MY CHILD TODAY, FOR THIS WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE I FEEL FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY.THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS,I KNOW HIS WIFE AND FAMILY UNDERSTAND.I HOPE AND PRAY JUSTICE IS DONE ONE`DAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD HIM KILLED.