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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
COURAGE AGAINST AN UNKNOWN ENEMY
By A
THIS MAN WAS A GREAT LOSE TO THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF N.IRELAND AND AS FOR THE TREACHEROUS PEOPLE WHO (MURDERED HIM)WHICH I HAVE NO DOUGHTS ABOUT I CAN`T SEE THERE LOGIC IN THE DEATHS OF ALL THE MEN ON THAT CHOPPER,I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE WAR WON,BUT FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY THEY WERE SACRIFICED.I FEEL GREAT SORROW FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS CHILDREN,AS THEY SUFFER THE GREATEST LOSE,IT IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME.I JUST HOPE AND PRAY HIS LIFE WAS NOT SACRIFICED FOR NOTHING,AS TO`MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ALREADY.I WORKED IN THE PUB IN BANGOR THAT THE IRA WERE PLANNING TO BLOW UP,I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY FOR MY LIFE,AND MARTIN MAGARTLAND FOR HIS INFORMATION THAT LEAD TO THE PREVENTION OF THE BOMBING THAT DAY. IF IT WAS`NT FOR PHOENIX I WOULD NOT BE THE PROUD FATHER OF MY CHILD TODAY, FOR THIS WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE I FEEL FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY.THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS,I KNOW HIS WIFE AND FAMILY UNDERSTAND.I HOPE AND PRAY JUSTICE IS DONE ONE`DAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD HIM KILLED.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Biography of a key player in the undercover war in N. Ireland
By Sugafoot
This book is chock full of perceptivenesses in regards to the undercover war in northern Ireland. Derived for the most part from the diary of Ian Phoenix a high rating policeman, who helped coordinate where and how elite undercover pluses such as the SAS, E4A, 14th Intelligence, were deployed versus the IRA. However, due to both secrecy limitations placed on the publisher as well as the very likely event that Phoenix stopped short of imparting the most explosive details even from his own diary, this work is not as revelatory as other books like, Stakeknife, by intelligence insider turned whistle-blower Martin Ingram.
1 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Phoenix: Policing the Shadows
By Spycop
Good read, yet another sacrifice in the war on terror and the Brits have been at this longer than the US has.
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