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UVF:BehindtheMaskisthegrippingandshockinghistoryoftheUlsterVolunteerForce,fromtheformationofitspost-1965incarnationuptothepresentday.AaronEdwards,whogrewupintheProtestantworkingclasscommunityinNorthBelfast,blendsrigorousresearchwithunprecedentedaccesstoleadingmembersoftheUVF.Hisuniquepositionrevealsstartlingrevelationsintotheinner-workingsofoneoftheworld'soldestandmostruthlessterroristgroups,explainingthegrislydetailsbehindtheirsadistictortureandmurdertechniques,andtheirhighprofileatrocities.Brilliantlytoldthroughacompellingtruecrimenarrative,Edwardsofferskeyinsightsintothesurroundinghistorical,social,andpoliticalenvironmentofwhichtheUVFwasadirectproduct.Interviewswithhigh-profileUVFmembers-includingBillyMitchell,DavidErvine,BillyWright,BillyHutchinson,GaryHaggarty,andthegroup'scurrentleadership,aswellastheirloyalistrivalssuchasJohnnyAdair,andthepoliceofficerswhosoughttobringtheparamilitariestojustice-revealthesecretdetailsbehindthegroup'sviolentcampaign.UVF:BehindtheMaskassessesthelong-termeffectsofUVFviolenceonitsownmembers,supportersandwiderNorthernIrishsociety,explaining,forthefirsttime,howlawenforcementagenciesusedinformersandagentstocombatUVFviolence.Edwards'lifeandcareerhasledhimtothecentreoftheUVF'slong,darkunderbelly;inthisdefiningworkheoffersacomprehensiveandauthoritativestudyofanarmedgroupthathasplayedapivotalroleintheIrishconflict.***"GreathistoriansaregoodstorytellersandAaronEdwardsbelongsinthisclass.HisaccountofthemodernUVF'shistoryistoldwithoutembellishment.Factsarecarefullywovenintothetroubles'historicaltapestry.UVF:BehindTheMaskisanexcellentadditiontothewrittenhistoryofthetroubles."--MartinDillon,AuthorandFormerJournalist***"Ihavenodoubtthat...thisnewbookbyAaronEdwardswillbeseenasthedefinitivehistoryoftheloyalistparamilitarygroupingknownastheUlsterVolunteerForce."--HughJordan,SundayWorld***"AaronEdwards'workiseasilythebestaccountofthislittleknownbutpossiblymostsuccessfulterrorgroupoftheNorthernIreland'Troubles'."--JimCusack,IrishIndependentSubject:TrueCrime,Politics,History,IrishStudies,Terrorism]????