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Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland
John Parker
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Description for Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland
paperback. The true story of Captain Robert Nairac, an undercover operative in the British Army who achieved a string of intelligence coups against the IRA. The author has obtained co-operation from senior Army sources to reveal the truth behind Nairac's murder and the secret war in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HB; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 0. Weight in Grams: 253. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Captain Robert Nairac was a brilliantly successful undercover operative in the British Army, with a string of intelligence coups in the war against the IRA. But, until this book, the nature of his operations and the story of his betrayal and murder have remained shrouded in mystery. John Parker - author of a bestselling official history of the Special Boat Section - has obtained unprecedented co-operation from very senior Army sources, and from Nairac's friends and family, to reveal the truth behind the secret war in Northern Ireland - and the ferocious rivalry between MI5 and MI6 that contributed to ... Read more
Captain Robert Nairac was a brilliantly successful undercover operative in the British Army, with a string of intelligence coups in the war against the IRA. But, until this book, the nature of his operations and the story of his betrayal and murder have remained shrouded in mystery. John Parker - author of a bestselling official history of the Special Boat Section - has obtained unprecedented co-operation from very senior Army sources, and from Nairac's friends and family, to reveal the truth behind the secret war in Northern Ireland - and the ferocious rivalry between MI5 and MI6 that contributed to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Metro Books, London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781900512756
SKU
KSG0032327
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