Puppet Masters

How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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David Burke uncovers the clandestine activities of Patrick Crinnion, a Garda intelligence officer who secretly served MI6 during the early years of the Troubles. As the Garda Síochána launched a manhunt for the Chief-of-Staff of the IRA, Crinnion found himself playing a crucial role in the effort to track him down.Before his disappearance, Crinnion’s actions exposed a web of secrets including those of another British spy in the Irish police, damaging intelligence leaks, gunrunning by Irish politicians, and a cover-up related to the murder of a Garda.Burke reveals MI6’s shady dealings, from attempts to smear Irish politicians to plans for using criminals as assassins and the secret surveillance of a key IRA member.Crinnion fled into exile. The Puppet Masters not only reveals what became of him but also provides an insightful look into a turbulent period marked by covert operations, betrayal, and the power struggle that shaped modern Irish history.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-28
Mått129 x 198 x 19 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagThe Mercier Press
ISBN9781781178652

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Author’s Note 7Dramatis Personae 9Organisations, terms, locations and acronyms 12Introduction – A Fog of Deceit 151. The Man from Mensa 192. The De Valera Bomb Plot 253. The Nerve Centre of Garda Intelligence 324. Serving Her Majesty 355. The Visitors from London 416. IRA Prince, IRA Pauper 467. Climbing the Republican Ladder 538. A Cuckoo in the Garda Nest 569. Sailing Close to Danger 5910. The Director of IRA Intelligence 6611. Northern Ireland, a Garda Blind Spot 7012. MI6 in the Republic of Ireland 7413. MacStíofáin’s Friends in Saor Éire 7914. Playing Catch Up 8315. Ministers in Dublin Hatch a Plan 8816. A Man Called Jock 9117. SDU Tunnel Vision 9518. The Parker-Hale Connection 10019. MI6 and the Eltham Factory Sting 10320. Crinnion Loses the Plot 10721. The Truth about Knockvicar 11122. The Rise of the Provisionals 11923. MI6’s Debt to Saor Éire 12324. One of Crinnion’s Darkest Secrets 12925. The Cat Jumps Out of the Bag 13426. The Midnight Postman 14127. MI6 Links Fianna Fáil to Saor Éire 14628. The Door Swings Open for the Provisionals 15129. The State Betrays its ‘Confidential Sources’ 15530. Her Majesty’s Loyal Correspondents 15931. High-Priced Chaps 16532. The House on the Thames 17033. Colonel Lee of MI5 lectures the Gardaí 17934. Oldfield’s Gloves Come Off 18435. The Rita O’Hare Windfall 19436. The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back 19937. Crinnion’s Bedside Manner 20238. Don Carlos Haughey 20739. We hava a Spy in the Camp, Find Him 21440. Crinnion Blames the Provisionals 21941. Offences Against the State 22242. The Long Fuse that Blew Jack Lynch Out of Office 22943. Deflection 23644. The Third Man 24145. The Spy left out in the Cold 24446. ‘I Only Knew Wyman for a Short Time’ 25047. Wyman the Spyman 25348. Panic inside 10 Downing Street 25849. The Manuscript in the Governor’s Safe 26350. Spies in the Dock 26851. The Crinnion Misnomer 27552. Hung Out on the Bleachers 28053. The Cache in the Attic 28554. MI6 Ignores an Opportunity for Black Propaganda 28855. Old Habits Die Hard 29156. Crinnion’s Veiled Threats 29657. C3 Hoodwinks the Press 30258. High Flyer 30559. The Forgotten Man 314Endnotes 318Bibliography 340Index 343