Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland
eBook - ePub

Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

About this book

Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the British Army's most clandestine unit. It tells the unique story, through Rob Lewis's own extraordinary experiences, of an essential instrument in the fight against terrorism, that of covert intelligence gathering. The men and women who work in this field are a special breed who undertake hazardous risks with unflinching tenacity and professionalism - the price of negligence is high, and the need for secrecy must be preserved even at the expense of personal relationships.
The sheer determination and single-mindedness required to achieve selection to this secret world is graphically described, as well as how, against seemingly impossible odds, the operators of the FRU managed to persuade terrorists and their close associates to turn informer. The methods the unit used to target, recruit and handle their contacts, how they protected their informants, and the terrifying life their agents led are all told by an agent handler, using many of his cases to illustrate the sharpness, intelligence (and sense of humour) essential to the job.
Fishers of Men fills a gap in the available information about the secret war against terrorism in Northern Ireland. It is a gap that has so far remained largely unexplored - until Rob Lewis's informative and explosive book.

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Information

Publisher
John Blake
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781786068484
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Biografie in ambito militare

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  6. PROLOGUE
  7. CHAPTER 1: TRAIN UP A CHILD
  8. CHAPTER 2: NORTHERN IRELAND: THE FIRST TIME
  9. CHAPTER 3: FOURTEEN SELECTION
  10. CHAPTER 4: THE DETACHMENT
  11. CHAPTER 5: SECOND CHANCE
  12. CHAPTER 6: FERMANAGH
  13. CHAPTER 7: ‘BRITISH SPIES STALK BORDER’
  14. CHAPTER 8: THE RECRUITMENT
  15. CHAPTER 9: THE CORTEGE RECRUITMENT
  16. CHAPTER 10: THE QUARTERMASTER
  17. CHAPTER 11: SHALL I, SHAN’T I?
  18. CHAPTER 12: BREAKING THE RULES
  19. CHAPTER 13: FRIEND OR FOE
  20. CHAPTER 14: TIME TO LEAVE
  21. GLOSSARY
  22. PLATES
  23. COPYRIGHT

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