Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
Mark Urban
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Description for Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
Paperback. Explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland. This book charts the successes and failures of special operations during the troubles. It reveals the dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against terrorist organisations. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTV; JKSW1; JPSH; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
The SAS describes its attitude to the use of lethal force as 'Big boys' games, big boys' rules'. Anyone caught with a gun or bomb can expect to be shot. In Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA Mark Urban meticulously explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland: from the mid-1970s, when they were stepped up, to the Loughall ambush in 1987, in which eight IRA Provisionals were killed. While charting the successes and failures of special operations during the troubles, Urban reveals the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571168095
SKU
KKD0003806
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mark Urban
Mark Urban is the Diplomatic Editor of the BBC's Newsnight and was formerly Defence Correspondent for the Independent. He is the author of several books, including Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA, The Men Who Broke Napoleon's Codes and Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters. His Generals: Ten British Commanders Who Shaped the ... Read more
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