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 forty years, is now revealed by legendary BBC journalist Peter Taylor with unique access to the officers involved. Drawing on exclusive interviews and Taylor s fifty years of covering the conflict, the book narrates in first-hand detail how those involved risked their careers and their lives to help secure the fragile peace that exists today.
Taylor vividly brings this covert operation to life and in the process chronicles the history of Sinn F in, rising from obscurity in the early days of the Troubles to becoming the largest political party in Ireland today. It is a story fraught with uncertainty and danger that, as Brexit risks destabilising what was achieved in the Good Friday Agreement twenty-five years ago, is more important than ever to remember.
Author(s): Peter Taylor, Taylor,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 30/03/2023,
Pagination: 400 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing,
Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),
Book Classification: Northern Ireland,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781526659620