The Stalker Affair

By John Stalker

Book Overview

In 1984, when he was Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester, John Stalker was asked to go to Northern Ireland to investigate the alleged "shoot to kill" policy by RUC policemen of suspect terrorists.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140110518
• ISBN13: 9780140110517
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

True Story - Give the man a medal

Every professional police investigator becomes a writer, but rarely an author. Mr. Stalker does a fine job in his first, and probably only, book documenting the case that ended his career. The last thing a corrupt leader needs or wants is an honest, competent investigation of the leader's deeds. The leadership that sent John Stalker to Ireland hoped to pacify the public. Instead they got an honest investigation. Read this book.

Honest Cop Framed For Uncovering Death Squads.

John Stalker; one of Britain's highest-ranking policemen, was sent to Occupied Ireland to investigate allegations that the Royal Ulster Constabulary includes Death Squads. The day before his scheduled interrogation, under caution, of Occupied Ireland's ranking RUC officer, John Hermon (now "Sir John"), he himself was falsely charged with "associating with criminals" and removed from the investigation. Though completely exonerated, Stalker still pays the price for his statement; "I'm a loyal British subject but I draw the line at murder." His 16-volume official report remains suppressed, he was ruined and his landmark book is still smeared (see accompanying review). Stalker heroically attempted in 1986 what McPhilemy's "The Committee" accomplishes in 1998. Read both books - they complement and confirm each another; also "An Index of Deaths From the Conflict in Ireland" by Malcolm Sutton. The officially-vilified John Stalker is about to be publicly vindicated along with the many decent British army officers and men who, since then, have paid horrible prices for refusing to commit war crimes in Ireland. Read Stalker! He, an honest Englishman, tried to end Britain's centuries-long genocide in Ireland in 1986. He will help to end it now if enough people discover his riveting "The Stalker Affair."