Title: Blood thirst in Ulster
Product review: The shocking truths about the Shankill Butchers is detailed well in this book. Dillon describes what Lenny Murphy, William Moore, Robert "Basher" Bates, "Big Sam" McAllister and the gang got upto in the mid-seventies. Most of their crimes were committed in the early hours of the morning under influence of alcohol. They seemed to possess a hatred of Catholics, especially Murphy, but killed Protestants as well in what became nothing more than blood lust after a few beers. The real problem is that none of the men in question could be described as psychopaths.I also believe that Dillon gives a good insight into the collusion that exists between Loyalist and Republican terrorists, which gives the impression that the politics of the terrorists are really a sham and that these people are gangsters, nothing more. Full marks to Dillon with this book, he certainly gains my respect as a historian.
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