Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C' Company
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Mainstream Publishing Number of pages: 352 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Published) |
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ochmister
Review date: 2008-06-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
An amazing read, full credit to the author. I thought the Ira were bad, but johnny adair and his crew were worse!
The book goes into great detail on the man and alot of people who were there and supported him. It is amazing that a normal skinhead became a leading figure in a powerful force, the uff.
The book is about his rise and his downfall. But reading this and about him,i am sure he will be back. If you need to know about his history and the uff, get this book.
Reviews
An interesting read
Review date: 2006-11-24 Rating: 6 out of 10
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....
mad dog
Review date: 2004-02-16 Rating: 8 out of 10
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 is intrested in the northern irish problems it shows another side to this conflict not like some of the ira books out there a patriot to the end still waiting to see the fate of mr adair now the peace procell is still working
The myth of Mad Dog exposed
Review date: 2003-12-19 Rating: 8 out of 10
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.
very detailed biography
Review date: 2003-11-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
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
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
David Lister
Hugh Jordan
Recording label: Mainstream Publishing
Manufacturer: Mainstream Publishing
EAN: 9781840188905
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 920
ISBN: 1840188901
Number of items: 1
Number of pages: 352
Publication date: 2004-10-21
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Published)
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