Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland

By Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin

Book Overview

An explosive expos? of how British military intelligence really works-from the inside. This book presents the stories of two undercover agents: Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work; and the man known as Stakeknife, deputy head of the IRA's infamous "Nutting Squad," the internal security force that tortured and killed suspected informers.

This book is copublished with O'Brien Press, Dublin and is for sale only in the United States, it's territories and dependencies, Canada, and the Philippines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299210243
• ISBN13: 9780299210243
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"