Stakeknife
Britain's
Secret Agents in Ireland
Martin
Ingram and Greg Harkin
History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora
James S. Donnelly, Jr., and Thomas Archdeacon, Series Editors
"This is serious business, and murder."—Senator
Maurice Hayes, Irish Independent
An
explosive exposé of how British military intelligence
really works. This book presents the stories of two British agents,
each working undercover on opposite sides of a violent conflict:
Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding
loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work; and the
man known as Stakeknife, deputy head of the IRA's infamous "Nutting
Squad," the internal security force that tortured and killed
suspected informers.
Stakeknife has seen sales of over 16,000 in the UK and Ireland.
Copublished with O'Brien Press, Dublin
Greg Harkin, an award-winning Belfast journalist for
the People newspaper, is the journalist who first broke the story
on the Stakeknife affair. He was awarded the 2003 Scoop of the
Year award for his work on the story. 'Martin Ingram' is the
pseudonym of an ex-British Army intelligence officer turned whistleblower.
He worked in Army intelligence during 1981–84 and 1987–90,
working for the Force Research Unit, a highly secretive unit,
in Northern Ireland. Since deciding to become a whistleblower,
he has written articles for many newspapers, including the Sunday
Times, the Guardian, the Irish News, and Andersonstown
News.
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February 2005
272 pp. 5 3/16 x 7 11/16
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