by John Mooney with Michael O'Toole
Since its inception in 1997, the Real IRA has earned an unrivalled reputation for extreme violence. It has murdered 30 people and unborn twins, injured hundreds, and bombed towns and cities across Northern Ireland and Britain in the name of Irish unity.This book is the definitive account of the Real IRA. Written from an inside perspective, it charts the rise of the paramilitary group from its inception to present day. It tells the story from three different perspectives: that of the Real IRA army council, that of the security services, and that of republican victims.The book reads with an urgency and moral commitment which belongs to the finest fiction. Drawn from interviews with the Real IRA, its bombers, the security services, victims and politicians, the authors have written the best conceivable chronicle of the secret army. The book is a fine piece of investigative writing – uncompromising in its attention to detail – which makes it compelling reading. Few people will put this book down without understanding the Real IRA, its bloody campaign and those who control it.
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