Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company

Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company by Lister, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 8601404548765.

The name Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist terrorists that took Northern Ireland to the brink of civil war. From humble beginnings as a rioter on Belfasts Shankill Road, Adair rose through the ranks of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters to head its merciless killing machine, "C Company." Surrounded by a group of trusted friends, his reign of terror in the early 1990s claimed the lives of up to 40 Catholics, picked out at random as Adairs hitmen roamed Belfast. Mad Dog describes in graphic detail Adairs criminal empire and an egomaniacs bloody war against Catholics and anybody else who got in his way. Adairs friends and enemies talk for the first time about the murders he ordered, his sordid personal life, and his attempts to become Northern Irelands supreme loyalist figurehead. Using sensational new material, the authors expose the mass murderers who did Adairs bidding and provide new insights into some of the biggest secrets of the Troubles.