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In March 1988 three unarmed members of an IRA active service unit were shot dead by SAS operatives in Gibraltar in a secret operation which became a political "cause celebre". At the funeral for the dead men at the Milltown Cemetery in their native Belfast, Michael Stone threw grenades and fired into the crowd of mourners, killing three men and wounding several others. He was captured, interrogated and confessed to a list of killings which have put him in the Maze Prison under a life sentence. Drawing on his conversations with Stone in prison and a network of informants right across the Irish political spectrum, Martin Dillon presents a portrait of a killer: charming, boastful, meticulous, sentimental and lethal. Dillon investigates his abandonment by his mother, his upbringing by Protestant relatives in Belfast, his wives and friends and his early involvment in street violence leading to his career as a freelance killer associated with many of Ulster's political or para-military organizations. A direct consequence of the Milltown Massacre was the killing of two British soldiers caught up in the funeral cortege for one of the Milltown dead - one of the most brutal instances of mob violence in recent Irish history. In this book Dillon makes a revelation about the two soldiers.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Dillon traces Stone's background from birth,abandonment by his parents due to their divorce, to a misspent youth living with relatives. Where he progresses from self styled serial womaniser fathering numerous children to petty thief,thug and ultimately killer. The reason for this transition from child to murderer is never fully explained. Dillon is not to blame as information must have been hard to come by. However the book's strong point, as ever, is Dillon's experience of living in Belfast during this period and his extensive network of sources which he uses with supreme skill to create a very readable and intriguing book. New light is shone on the killing of two soldiers during a republican funeral and the details of Stone's lucky escape from the crowd in Milltown Cemetery due to some fairly heroic acts by the much maligned police.
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I like this book. I have a keen interest in Irish history and this guy will go down in history books. It is nice to see the authors thoughts on the man behind these acts. Michael didnt write this book, it is created thought interviews with him and a review on history.
Michael Stone has his own book with I will also read to see the difference between the two
Michael Stone has his own book with I will also read to see the difference between the two
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Stone Cold...Killer
2 May 2010
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Is the biography of Michael Stone the most famous living Protestant terrorist of the Troubles. It describes how Stone was the product of a 'mixed' marriage in that his mother was Catholic. Compensating for this Stone became a 'super-Prod' with a psychopathic hatred of Catholics. A violent juvenile delinquent with a record for petty crime he was recruited at age 15 into a Protestant terrorist organization. Where he took part in sectarian murders, often involving the abduction, ritualistic torture and execution of innocent Catholic men. As he aged Stone was employed as a professional assassin murdering Sinn Fein activists and IRA members on orders of UDA terror boss John McMichaels with target packages provided by members of the intelligence services. But it wasn't until March 16, 1988 that Stone stepped out of the shadows and in front of the world media when he botched an attempt on the IRA's leadership that was caught on tape.
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Another homerun by Martin Dillon.
3 Oct 2008
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Another excellent piece of work by one of the best authors to write on The Troubles in Northern Ireland. As with all of his works, "Stone Cold" is well written, fast paced, throughly researched, and fascinating. The book follows the life and times of a notorious Loyalist Protestant murderer, Michael Stone, who became a free-lance assassin, killing IRA suspects and innocent Catholics under the guise of 'protecting his community'. Dillon was able to build such a comprehensive study of Stone, in part, due to his multiple interviews of the mass-murderer himself. Reading Stone's very detailed accounts of his own murder operations was a veritable 'how-to' manual for modern assassinations, replete with counter-forensic and operational planning advice.
Dillon successfully weaves Stone's killing sprees into the overall war that raged in Northern Ireland for thirty years, exposing British government collusion with the Loyalist paramilitaries which allowed cold-hearted terrorists like Stone to ravage Northern Ireland's communities.
Dillon successfully weaves Stone's killing sprees into the overall war that raged in Northern Ireland for thirty years, exposing British government collusion with the Loyalist paramilitaries which allowed cold-hearted terrorists like Stone to ravage Northern Ireland's communities.
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