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The Squad
And the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins
This book is available to read until 26th April, 2026
- 272 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Available until 26 Apr |Learn more
About this book
In 1919, Michael Collins conceived of a scheme to knock out the eyes and ears of the British Administration at Dublin Castle by undermining and terrorising the police so that the British would react blindly and drive the Irish people to support of the Irish Republican Army. The Bureau of Military History interviewed those involved in this scheme in the early 1950s with the assurance that the material would not be published in their lifetimes. A few of the contributions were made available by the families of those involved, but the bulk of them have only recently been released. This is the first book to make use of those interviews. It makes fascinating, almost unique reading, because they contain first-hand descriptions in which men speak candidly of their involvement in killing selected people at close range. As a result it throws a considerable amount of new light on the activities of the Squad and the intelligence operations of Michael Collins.
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Table of contents
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1 âI KNEW HE WAS THE MANâ
- CHAPTER 2 âONLY THE BEGINNINGâ
- CHAPTER 3 âEVERY DAMN FOOLâ
- CHAPTER 4 âALMOST A MIRACLE I WAS NOT LANDEDâ
- CHAPTER 5 âI DO NOT DEFEND THE MURDER SIMPLY AS SUCH I MERELY APPLAUD ITâ
- CHAPTER 6 âSHOOTING OF A FEW WOULD-BE ASSASSINSâ
- CHAPTER 7 âEXPECT SHOOTINGâ
- CHAPTER 8 âA LITTLE BIT OF STRATEGYâ
- CHAPTER 9 âWE ARE GOING TO HAVE SPORT NOWâ
- CHAPTER 10 âTHE FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED FROM THE LORD MAYORâS OWN GUNâ
- CHAPTER 11 âNO HARM WOULD COME TO MICKâ
- CHAPTER 12 âIâVE MY ORDERS TO SHOOT HIMâ
- CHAPTER 13 âLIKE A TOWN WITH THE PLAGUEâ
- CHAPTER 14 âTHE LORD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS!â
- CHAPTER 15 âTHE MOST DISGRACEFUL SHOWâ
- CHAPTER 16 âTOO GOOD TO BE TRUEâ
- CHAPTER 17 âSOMEONE HAS TO DIE FOR THISâ
- CHAPTER 18 âSHE WANTS TO SEE GENERAL MACEOINâ
- CHAPTER 19 âMISS, YOUâLL BE LUCKY IF YOU GET OUT WITH YOUR LIFEâ
- EPILOGUE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY