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Who knew. This is the other side of the story. Not the one hawked for money by the press or hawked for other gain by the self-serving or poorly advised politicians, but the one that sets it all up and the brave souls who died trying to get the job done speedily and right. This is the real deal, warts and all. Should be on military required reading list.
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Little, Brown and Company via NetGalley. Thank you.

An extensive, well-researched, and fascinating history of the IRA in South Armagh, Northern Ireland. Toby Harnden details the violent history of the region - which includes a tradition of government resistance and expertise in cross-border smuggling. South Armagh was the IRA's most effective unit and Harnden pulls few punches in descrbing their activities and the causes of the rise of the IRA in the area.½