{"product_id":"9781803993812-deadly-intelligence","title":"The Deadly Game","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA British Army Secret Agent Handler in the Troubles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in-depth look at agent-handling and agent-handling operations in Northern Ireland targeting the IRA’s deadliest and most professional unit, South Armagh PIRA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘This was life in the Force Research Unit, and this was how we ran agent operations. Will is revelatory, insightful, thoughtful and honest. It doesn’t get better or more real than this!’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘TC’ GM, QGM, recruiter of ‘Stakeknife’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOUTH ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, 1983. Will Britten, 23, has just qualified as an agent handler for the British Army’s ultra-secret Force Research Unit.\u003c\/strong\u003e He and a fellow agent handler complete the detailed paperwork following a covert meet with one of the Detachment’s most important agents, who has successfully infiltrated ‘Mad Dog’ McGlinchey’s INLA Active Service Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few days later, there is a phone call. The draft Contact Form wasn’t put in the burn bag. Both PIRA and INLA now know his real name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would you do?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Deadly Game\u003c\/em\u003e is the memoir of a military intelligence officer with the FRU – a unit so secret that the rest of the army barely knew it existed. Their role was to infiltrate terrorist cells on both sides of the Troubles, to gather intelligence and disrupt them from the inside. In this updated edition, Will Britten provides a unique insight into one of the most successful intelligence units of all time, and the part they played in ultimately bringing Republican terror to the negotiating table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557461696609,"sku":"9781803993812","price":22.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30139932.jpg?v=1726731702","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803993812-deadly-intelligence","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}