Format:
1 online resource (xii, 343 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781108767033
,
9781108487504
,
9781108720403
Content:
The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA had 'lost' the intelligence war and was pressurised into peace. In this first in-depth study across the entire conflict, Thomas Leahy re-evaluates the successes and failures of Britain's intelligence activities against the IRA, from the use of agents and informers to special-forces, surveillance and electronic intelligence. Using new interview material alongside memoirs and Irish and UK archival materials, he suggests that the IRA was not forced into peace by British intelligence. His work sheds new light on key questions in intelligence and security studies. How does British intelligence operate against paramilitaries? Is it effective? When should governments 'talk to terrorists'? And does regional variation explain the outcome of intelligence conflicts? This is a major contribution to the history of the conflict and of why peace emerged in Northern Ireland.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Mar 2020)
Additional Edition:
9781108487504
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781108487504
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Leahy, Thomas, 1987 - The intelligence war against the IRA Cambridge, United Kingdon : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108487504
Additional Edition:
9781108720403
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Geheimdienst
;
Irish Republican Army
;
Nordirlandkonflikt
DOI:
10.1017/9781108767033
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