Fifty Dead Men Walking: The True Story of a British Secret Agent Inside the IRA
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803894074 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Martin McGartland is the author of two books, Fifty Dead Men Walking;amazon/Fifty-Dead-Men-Walking-ebook/dp/B004FN1U9I/ref=kinw_dp_ke?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2 - UK Edition; amazon/Fifty-Dead-Men-Walking-ebook/dp/B004FN1U9I/ref=kinw_dp_ke?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2 and Dead Man Running; amazon/Dead-Man-Run
This is a very good book. One which details the horror of the Reconsgt This is a very good book. One which details the horror of the Troubles. It clearly defines the stupidity of both sides. The free world should be ashamed of themselves for letting this go on for as long as it did. McGartland is not a hero, perhaps he is better defined as someone who learned how to make the "system" work for him. He did do "good" things but he certainly was no upstanding citizen. A product of his environment thats for sure. Good book !. tina diffee said Five Stars. The truth is always better than fiction. "Excellent primer on the informant war in Northern Ireland." according to Jack Stone. First off, this book was well written. It was a fast read and my interest was kept throughout. Second, this was an important work for understanding the war in Northern Ireland. Specifically, it allows the reader to see how informants were used by the British to prosecute the war against the IRA. A lot of techniques, tactics, and procedures are learned from this riveting first-person account. The reader not only learns the methodology the British used to penetrate IRA organizations, but how the IRA responded in order to maintain their operational security. While the author was able to give good intelligence to his B
This Is His Amazing Story."He Was Certainly One Of The Special Branch's Best Spies." Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Phoenix, Former Head Of The Northern Ireland Policy Counter-Surveillance Unit."There Is No Doubt That Martin McGartland Saved Many Lives." Liam Clarke, Sunday TimesMartin McGartland's website: martinmcgartland. From the Inside FlapTo My Family And Friends, Whom I Can Never See Again. Martin McGartland
For more than 4 years, Martin McGartland lived a dangerous double life.. Memoir of a young Irishman