Agents of Influence: Inside Britain’s Secret War Against the IRA

By Aaron Edwards

Book Overview

Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn F in during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were Agents of Influence. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKE KNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against the IRA. Now, for the first time, some of these agents have emerged from the shadows to tell their compelling stories. Agents of Influence takes you behind the scenes of the secret intelligence war which helped bring the IRA's armed struggle to an end. Historian Aaron Edwards, the critically acclaimed author of UVF: Behind the Mask, explains how the IRA was penetrated, with explosive new revelations about the hidden agendas of leading figures like Martin McGuinness, Denis Donaldson and Freddie Scappaticci, and how British Intelligence was able to read the minutes of the IRA's top-secret meetings before they were distributed to its membership.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785373412
• ISBN13: 9781785373411
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"