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“A superbly researched, highly readable, and very thoughtful examination of the strategy that defeated the IRA – and of the implications of that model for contemporary challenges.”
General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), the commander of coalition forces during the “surges” in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequently Director of the CIA.
Intelligent, captivating and disturbing in equal measure. William Matchett’s ‘Secret Victory’ reveals how the IRA was infiltrated, degraded and strategically defeated – at times with violent and deadly consequences. To read this book is to understand how intelligence drives irregular conflicts.
Doug Beattie MC
Author of, An Ordinary Soldier
Publisher : Matchett
Publication date : 16 Nov. 2016
Edition : New
Language : English
Print length : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1527202054
ISBN-13 : 978-1527202054
Item weight : 1.05 kg
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.57 x 22.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 190,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 21,963 in History (Books) 27,235 in Social Sciences (Books)
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