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This is a fantastic book that truly was un-putdownable. The discracefull sickening loyalist blockade to prevent young catholic school girls from walking a short distance through "their territory" and therefore not be able to attend school was one of the very lowest points in the history of the state of Northern Ireland. In what could have been a one sided condemnation of the loyalist blockade, the author, Anne Cadwallader, does something completely different in an Irish political history book, in that she does not judge and just lets all of the participants tell their story. In doing so Anne was able to recreate a microcosm of Northern Ireland and very carefully explains what could be a metaphor describing the reasoning for all of the recent and not so recent violence in Ireland. What seems nearly impossible is that Anne was able to get the trust and confidence of both sides and gets beyond the stereotype and shows the real human characters and their real honest explanation for their actions and their own analysis of the consequences. If any body wants to know what it was all about in the North, this book would be a great place to start.
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"Profoundly disturbing, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland exposes the central role of British 'security forces' and their agents in a murder campaign that resulted in at least 120 deaths. The campaign was centred in an area of Counties Armagh and Tyrone that became known as the 'Triangle of Death', but its reach extended beyond this area to an equally lethal effect."
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"Important book for the history of the troubles. An incredible read with cold hard facts to back it up."
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"This book covers a period I remember well and lived through. The deaths of several friends are covered and you have to keep an objective mind when reading it. It is an excellent bit of research but what will the British government do about it. Nothing? I recommend this book to anyone who lived through the "troubles" and anyone who really wants to know the truth."
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"For years I thought it was just Irish republican propaganda set out to discredit the RUC and other members of the security forces, however now my mind has changed. I have read many books on the Irish troubles and for the most part they have been very informative, however this book has shed light on specific incidents involving the Glenanne gang"
