- Hardcover: 248 pages
- Publisher: Century; 1st Edition edition (5 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712677305
- ISBN-13: 978-0712677301
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 346,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the inside story of 14 Company, an elite corps of men and women as highly trained in combat as the SAS and as highly trained as MI5 and MI6 in intelligence techniques, seen through the eyes of an ex-Operations Officer, James Rennie. It is a company whose members are more comprehensively trained and equipped than any other government agency to combat terrorism in a democracy. The selection process is shockingly arduous, both physically and intellectually. Members bear false names, no personal indentification and there are no internal ranks. It has been a body of highly dedicated individuals and has never been penetrated by the press.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Interesting book written by the man who knows and as accurate as would be possible within the confines of the OSA. Well worth the read but a great pity that sales did not make it clear that this and the second book purchased under the same main but different subtitles are in fact exact reprints of the original work ie the different main sub title descriptor led me to believe these were two different works by the same author covering the same subject. Oh well I have a second copy to give away. Trouble is ~ one was eight times the price of the other which also helped send me off on a false trail.
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As a Military historian I could'nt wait to read this book. Very well written book account of the secret operations in Northern Ireland. I would definately recommend.
Format:Hardcover
What an excellent account of the role played by a small number of Operators. They do outstandingly dangerous work to save so many lives. I know as I actually served at the same location as the author. Great Read.
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The Operators by James Rennie
An interesting and detailed insider's account of the `secret war' in Northern Ireland in the 1980s.
Published on 29 Sep 2009 by Andrew J
Limited but compulsive reading
This book describes in varying detail the selection, training and deployment of the author into 14 Int. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Benjamin Hall
Boring self serving detail
This book actually details little or nothing of what actually happened in Northern Ireland and like so much "me too" book written about the failed IRA terror campaign it deals... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2008 by Darrell Monteith
Very dubious
I am very dubious of the authenticity of this work. It doesn't ring true at all. It as though the author is someone not quite even on the sidelines, imagining what it might have... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2008 by J. R. Ekins
good insight into northern ireland undercover war
14th INTELLIGENCE COMPANY is a British military intelligence unit which keeps northern ireland paramilitaries under surveillance. Read more
Published on 3 April 2004 by WhiteCrane
This one is a must!
Fantastic! This book really gets inside what really goes on behind the scenes in Northern Ireland, without the bravado of books written by ex SAS types. Read more
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