Product Description

This is a true account of secret operations carried out by the British Army's most clandestine unit- the Force Research Unit. Through the author's own experiences, the story of an essential instrument in the fight against terrorism, that of covert intelligence gathering, is told.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139308 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 267 pages

From the Author
Sorry for the delay !
For the record, Fishers Of Men was due to be published in August. The Ministry Of Defence saw fit to threaten injunction over certain content which had to be removed prior to launch. Hence the delay. My reasons for writing the book were threefold. Firstly, as anyone who has written a book will agree, it is primarily a wish to complete what just about everyone wants to do at some stage in their life, write a book about it !. Secondly, I wrote Fishers Of Men to complete the picture on the trilogy of British Army Special Forces Unit's who operate in Northern Ireland. The SAS, 14 Int and the FRU. Thirdly, to gain financial reward for doing so. The book was written carefully, with security of all those involved over the years maintained. ROB LEWIS.

About the Author
Rob Lewis joined the Army at sixteen. After service in Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus with the Royal Armoured Corps he volunteered for Special Duties. After passing this arduous process he was deployed to the Province as a covert surveillance operator. In 1988 he again undertook another formidable course of selection and was employed as an agent handler carrying out sensitive covert operations in the border region of Fermanagh. Rob Lewis is married and lives in London.

Customer Reviews

interesting
interesting book, read quite quickly as its well written with good pace. doenst delve in to much but worth the money just the same

not much meat on the bone.
After having lived and worked through the troubles I think I and many other ordinary people were more at risk than the type of people who wrote these books. I worked with gangs of men on the catholic and protestant divide and in one gang there was an IRA commander and on the other side a UDA commander but I still had to get engineering work done on the ground. These books are so full of macho men and at the end of this book I felt this person hadn't really done much over 240 pages except talk back to his superiors- that really required bravery! small man much noise.

A look at the inside !
The book takes a look at the inside of covert operations....the author was probably heavily 'leaned' on not to divulge too much and as a consequence I must think that a lot of the sneakier stuff he was involved in had to be left out.....but, still worth reading.