![]() Subversion during the Northern Ireland crisis: a challenging topic, surrounded as it is by historical contention, political dispute and the innate secrecy of the Branch’s work. "This book poses a simple, but hitherto under examined subject regarding the effectiveness of the RUC Special Branch in combating violent ![]() Has produced a book of major significance"Įmeritus Professor at the University of Ulster : Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947 (9780307741615) : Hoffman, Professor Bruce (GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY GEORGETOWN. ![]() ![]() This is often mentioned in passing by those writing on Northern Ireland. Terrorism that it made possible the conditions for political agreement. Hoffman shows exactly how the underdog anonymous soldiers of Irgun and Lehi defeated the British and. Matchett shows how its intelligence operations so confined the capacity for Bruce Hoffman, America s leading expert on terrorism, shines new light on the bombing of the King David Hotel, the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo, the leadership of Menachem Begin, the life and death of Abraham Stern, and much else. Patient, methodical, unseen, dangerous and thankless task of intelligence gathering performed by the RUC’s Special Branch. "If there is a debt contracted by history, it is a debt owed to the To read this book is to understand how intelligence drives irregularĭoug Beattie MC MLA (Author of, An Ordinary Soldier) The IRA was infiltrated, degraded and strategically defeated – at times with violent and deadly consequences. William Matchett's ‘Secret Victory’ reveals how "Intelligent, captivating and disturbing in equal measure. ![]()
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