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Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C' Company (Hardcover)

by David Lister (Author), Hugh Jordan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (16 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840187913
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840187915
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 664,382 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A mindless sectarian psychopath or a loyalist folk hero who took the war to the IRA's front door? The name Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist terrorists that took Northern Ireland to the brink of civil war. From humble beginnings as a rioter and glue-sniffer on Belfast's Shankill Road, Adair rose through the ranks of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters to head its merciless killing machine, "C Company". Surrounded by a group of trusted friends, his reign of terror in the early 1990s claimed the lives of up to 40 Catholics, picked out at random as Adair's hitmen roamed Belfast. Determined to lead from the front, his men even fired a rocket at Sinn Fein's headquarters, writing themselves into loyalist mythology and embarrassing the IRA in its republican heartland. Its desperate attempts to kill Adair culminated in October 1993, when a bomb on the Shankill Road, intended for the loyalist godfather, claimed the lives of nine Protestant civilians. "Mad Dog" describes in graphic detail Adair's criminal empire and an egomaniac's bloody war against Catholics and anybody else who got in his way. Adair's friends and enemies talk for the first time about the murders he ordered, his sordid personal life, and his attempts - ultimately disastrous - to become Northern Ireland's supreme loyalist figurehead. Using sensational new material, the authors expose the mass murderers who did Adair's bidding and provide new insights into some of the biggest secrets of the Troubles, including the controversial murder of Patrick Finucane, the Catholic solicitor. With Adair back in jail until 2005, the final chapter of this story has yet to be written. One thing, however, is certain: we have not heard the last from a man who is unlikely to live out the rest of his life in obscurity.


About the Author

David Lister has been Ireland correspondent for The Times since October 2001 and is based in Belfast. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in London before spending two years as its correspondent in Brussels. Hugh Jordan is a reporter for the Sunday World in Belfast specialising in crime. He is the author of the bestselling Milestones in Murder and has reported on Northern Ireland for more than ten years.

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars very detailed biography, 8 Nov 2003
By adrian "leopardman6969" (staffordshire) - See all my reviews
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born 1963,this book looks briefly at his early life. in the 80s he joined the largest protestant paramilitary organisation,the ulster defence association(UDA). the UDA 2nd battalion controlled west belfast. divided into A,B and C companies. C company itself was divided into 18 units,C1 up to C18,each consisting of 30 to 60 men. i liked the fact the book described the structure for the first time i've seen. by the late 80s the authorities acted against the UDA and imprisoned much of the leadership . ironically younger UDA men like adair welcomed this as they were seen as too cautious and some were special branch informants. now the the "young turks" had taken over and could increase attacks. between 1990 and 1994,adairs unit killed 40 people. the irish republican army (IRA) hated adair and tried to kill him many times.this led to the botched shankhill bomb attack,which killed 9 innocent protestants.adair had an ongoing feud with the north belfast IRA leader (who is named and his photograph is in the book,as is the overall belfast brigade IRA leader). however in 1994 he was secretly recorded boasting of his activities and jailed. released in 1999,he got into a murderous feud with rival protestant organisation the ulster volunteer force(UVF). jailed again,released may 2002. he made the mistake of trying to take over the whole of the UDA,which has a loose federal structure. more killings,adair jailed again. but after adairs men killed another UDA leader,the whole UDA chased his family and supporters out of ulster to england and scotland.it details the leading personalities in adairs unit and includes their photographs. a good very detailed book.recommended
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The myth of Mad Dog exposed, 19 Dec 2003
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Johnny Adair deserves notoriety in our society and this book cements this. This distateful individual was responsible for striking terror into the population of Ulster, not just Catholics but towards the end the very people he claimed to be defending. Who are now committed to killing his associates in Bolton! A truly horrific account of purely sectarian and in my opinion inexcusable violence, which in turn raises a number of worrying issues such as security forces collusion, but I don't feel this is the key to the book. I find the analysis of Adair's character and personality far more facinating. An inmature, self-centred and egotistical individual, Adair's rise to power within the Loyalist movement is disturbing given what the reader of "Mad Dog" now knows. And also the fact that both Loyalist and NAtionalist terrorists appeared to turn to organised crime en masse after the Ceasefire, perhaps questioning their motives during The Troubles. Well worth a look.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read, 24 Nov 2006
By Anita Brady "Coetzee eyes" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C' Company (Paperback)
An interesting read about a truly despicable individual. Johnny Adair is to some a loyalist icon and to others just a sick man poisoned by the troubles and conveniently clung to the Irish Unionist cause to commit murder. In the end even the Loyalists ran him out of Belfast because he was more interested in lining his pockets than any notions of patriotism.

The difference between Republican icons like Bobby Sands and Adair is stark. Would Adair have starved himself to death for the freedom of his country or was he only 'loyal' to the Unionist Union Jack when his pockets were full with the spoils of his crimes? Even in a normal society the likes of Adair would have been drawn to crime and violence; could the same be said for Bobby Sands and co....
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5.0 out of 5 stars ochmister
An amazing read, full credit to the author. I thought the Ira were bad, but johnny adair and his crew were worse! Read more
Published 16 months ago by G. J. Ochman

4.0 out of 5 stars mad dog
great book about a man that is surely lucky to be alive having taken the fight to the ira and is still alive altough in prison to tell the tail well worth a read to anybody that... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2004 by Mrs L McGrory

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of paper
the book itself is well enough written but i just cannot abide by the thought of giving this unintelligable cretin yet another ego boost by having a book written about him. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2003

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