Operation Chiffon : the secret story of MI5 and MI6 and the road to peace in Ireland
by
Taylor, Peter, 1942-
Title
:
Operation Chiffon : the secret story of MI5 and MI6 and the road to peace in Ireland
Author
:
Taylor, Peter, 1942-
ISBN
:
9781526659644
Personal Author
:
Taylor, Peter, 1942-
Publication Date
:
2024
2023
Physical Description
:
xv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
General Note
:
Originally published: 2023.
Abstract
:
Peter Taylor tells the gripping story of Operation Chiffon, MI5's top-secret intelligence operation that finally helped bring peace to Ireland. April 1998: the Good Friday Agreement is signed, ending decades of violence and bloodshed in Northern Ireland. The process of getting the IRA to end its so-called 'armed struggle' was always the prerequisite of the search for peace. It was Operation Chiffon that made it possible. Operation Chiffon takes us inside the top-secret intelligence operation whose roots go back to the bloodiest years of the conflict in the early 1970s, involving officers from MI6 and, later in the 1990s, MI5. The remarkable story, which has remained hidden for 40 years, is now revealed by legendary BBC journalist Peter Taylor with unique access to the officers involved.
Corporate Subject
:
Great Britain. MI5 -- Northern Ireland -- History.
Great Britain. MI6 -- Northern Ireland -- History.
Great Britain. Great Britain 1998 April 10.
Subject Term
:
Peace-building -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Geographic Term
:
Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998.
Northern Ireland -- History -- 1998-
Library | Shelf Number | Material Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Brompton Library | 941.60824 | Book | 30116021770506 | Adult lending |
Mayfair Library | HIS 941.60824 | Book | 30117804847941 | Due 30/05/24 |
St John's Wood Library | HIS 941.60824 | Book | 30117804845713 | Adult lending |