OPERATION CHIFFON: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland, by Peter Taylor (Bloomsbury, $38.99), is out now in ebook and audiobook, and in print on August 1.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely brought peace to Northern Ireland. The story of how that historic agreement came to fruition, though, is as complex, veteran author and documentary maker Peter Taylor offers a fascinating account of the figures in the shadows from MI5 and MI6, the UK’s intelligence agencies, and their backchannel dealings over many decades with those connected with the IRA to broker a peaceful resolution.
