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Uda: Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror Paperback – 29 Sept. 2004

by Henry McDonald (Author), Jim Cusack (Author)
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This is the first definitive history of the UDA and follows its trajectory from mass loyalist movement in the early 1970s to the lethal hotbed of feuding and criminality it is today. It includes the real Johnny Adair story - a tale symptomatic of the essential fault line running through the UDA since its inception.Written by two distinguished journalists, The UDA is a work of rigorous research and analysis, and also a riveting yarn of sex, drugs, murder and mayhem.
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  1. Print length
    448 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin Ireland
  4. Publication date
    29 Sept. 2004
  5. Dimensions
    15.5 x 3.4 x 23.2 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1844880206
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1844880201
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Jim Cusack is the Sunday Independent's security correspondent. Henry McDonald is Ireland correspondent for the Observer and author of INLA and David Trimble. Jim and Henry previously co-authored The UVF.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Ireland (29 Sept. 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1844880206
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1844880201
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.5 x 3.4 x 23.2 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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JORDI BELTRAN GILI
5.0 out of 5 stars it seems very good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2013
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It's a very interesting book,with a hard work of investigation.
I recomend totally the purchase of this item
Very well alltogheter.
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ian i.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2016
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Great read
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4.0 out of 5 stars good history of the UDA
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2004
The authors are 2 knowledgeable journalists specializing in Northern Ireland security matters who wrote the excellent UVF,about the rival loyalist paramilitary organization the Ulster Volunteer Force.
It's all here from the Ulster Defence Association's beginning in the early 1970's through to the turning point in the late 80's/early 90's when the older leadership was arrested and succeeded by a new more aggressive and violent generation that upped the killing rate of Irish republicans as well as Catholics who had nothing to do with the IRA.This new generation included Johnny "mad dog" Adair. The book takes us through the cease fires of the 90's and the brutal UVF-UDA feud of 2000.Finally the disastrous internal UDA feud when Adair tried to take over the whole of the UDA,which had a loose federal structure of 6 brigade areas led by their own brigadiers. The rest of the UDA chased the Adair faction out of Northern Ireland.
There's new info on a ruthless assassin in Lisburn and also an informer in their ranks is also named.
A couple of mistakes also,Winston Churchill Rea ,a well known loyalist who has been on tv and named in many books is spelt wrongly RAY in the book instead of REA. Also Bobby Philpott who has given interviews openly on tv and in books and was a senior UDA figure,is stated wrongly on page310 as being the UVF'S second in command.
Interestingly,the appendix contains a reprint of an internal UDA document which exposes collusion between a senior UDA man and reublican paramilitaries.This led to him being killed by loyalists in the 80's.
Recommended.
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M. Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2010
I found the delivery and condition of the book was first class and would certainly use the seller again.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Informative but disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2008
Whilst the book does cover the history of the UDA, I found the style of the book and the manner in which it was written very disappointing.

Having read a number of similar books, I felt this lacked any sort of analysis as to why such developments in the organisation occured. It also felt as though it had been cobbled together at some speed, with no co-ordination so that the book would 'flow' or follow on.

In some parts it felt as though all that had been done was a review of newspaper clippings: "first so-and-so was shot, then someone else was shot, then someone else was shot". My personal opinion is that it would have been more interesting for more discussion of the issues rather than attempting (it seems) to record every single shooting.
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thomas kanyak
4.0 out of 5 stars UDA
Reviewed in the United States on 24 January 2013
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I have read two other Henry mcDonald books on the Troubles on two other paramilitary groups, UVF and INLA,and this book also uses inside sources and interviews with UDA members, including Johnny Adair, to tell the story of the UDA. Although the title suggests the narrative would lean towards the sectarian violence, it fairly treats all aspects of the UDa story, including its key role in the 1974 UWC strike that brought down the power sharing executive that spring. Of course, an major part of the book is the random sectarian killings of catholics to force an end to the IRA campaign, and pulls no punches in that area. i though the narrative was better than the companion books INLA and UVF. Several incidents that were interesting that I had not been aware of were the origins of Adairs nickname "Mad Dog", and the personal expereince of one of the authors who was at the "battle of Ultser hall" in 1981 when a band of skinheads led by a young Adair attacked a rock concert in Belfast.
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