Johnny Adair was born in the Shankhill Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The youngest of seven children he was raised a Protestant. As a teenager Johnny and his gang would roam the streets looking for Catholics for no other reason then religion and he bears many scars and war wounds from endless street battles. A young Loyalist, Johnny earned his reputation as a paramilitary leader long before he fully understood the politics but quickly came to realise the purpose of the paramilitary antics - freedom and peace in Northern Ireland - and this belief fuelled his passion for the campaign, making him unstoppably ruthless in his quest. The authorities hold him responsible for 41 murders and he became known as the most feared and infamous terrorist of them all. Now he breaks his silence to tell his true spine-chilling story. In 1995 Johnny was sentenced to 16 years for 'Directing Terrorism' but in 1999 he was the 293rd prisoner to be released from the Maze Prison under the Good Friday Agreement. In total there have been ten attempts on his life and he has a hole in the back of his head the size of a 50p piece where he was shot whilst at a UB40 concert, plus a hole in the side of one leg from another attack. But his story is not one about money or grudges - he was simply fighting for what he truly believes in -peace in Northern Ireland, a lifelong struggle in which he became known as the hardest man in the UK.
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Mad Dog - They Shot Me in the Head, They Gave Me Cyanide and They Stabbed Me, But I'm Still Standing
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 : THE BUZZ
- 2 : KNOCKED BACK
- 3 : OLD GUARD, YOUNG TURKS
- 4 : LOSS AND GAIN
- 5 : HEROES AND TRAITORS
- 6 : NEW BLOOD
- 7 : EYES AND EARS
- 8 : SETTLING SCORES
- 9 : BETRAYAL
- 10 : FACE TO FACE
- 11 : ABORTED
- 12 : THE CRUM
- 13 : A BETTER CLASS OF PRISON
- 14 : BACK INSIDE
- 15 : AN ANCIENT FEUD
- 16 : EXILES
- 17 : THE PEACE DIVIDEND
- KEY CHARACTERS
- GLOSSARY
- Copyright
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