Tony Geraghty, author of the SAS history Who Dares Wins, The Bullet Catchers and Beyond the Front Line, is himself a military veteran, first with the Paras and then as a British officer in the Gulf conflict. As a liaison officer with US forces he was awarded an American decoration. He is also an Irish citizen.
"An easy to read and well written narrative." -- Adrian Guelke,
Terrorism and Political Violence
"Anyone interested in the 'war that isn't, ' should find this book
enlightening." -- Larry S. Sterrett, New Gun Week
"Geraghty has produced a book both readable and alarming. The first
third is a well-observed account of a largely visible British war
machine coping with the horrors of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
The last third is devoted to militarism in Ireland up to 1921. But
it is the middle third, the covert war, that astonishes. We learn
that [British Intelligence] had a habit of enticing suspects away
from home with lavish 'dodgy' holidays in the sun by faking
breakfast-food competitions. While the target was away, the
Security Service would plant a host of listening devices, which
might include a miniaturized video camera inside a domestic light
switch." -- Herald (Glasgow)
"The book's strengths are its attention to detail and its direct,
potent writing... A compelling introduction to a painful struggle."
-- Publishers Weekly
"The role of British Intelligence in Ulster has never been so
deeply explored... He writes clearly and knowledgeably about the
impact on the IRA of the use of forensics by British Intelligence.
He describes in detail the IRA's success in modifying and
developing its own weapons, particularly mortars, and writes of the
SAS's often lethal operations in Ulster with a kind of righteous
anger not seen since American journalists inveighed against our
role in Vietnam... Clearly well researched." -- Library Journal
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