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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316538275
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316538272
ISBN-13
9780316538275
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19069437255
Product Key Features
Book Title
Next One Is for You : a True Story of Guns, Country, and the Ira's Secret American Army
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
General, Organized Crime, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Ireland
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2025-399902
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Written with the meticulousness of forensic investigation and the narrative intensity of a novel, The Next One Is for You is a definitive, sobering exploration of legacy, insurgency, and the Irish question. Ali Watkins masterfully unravels the covert history of how a small band of Irish Americans shaped the course of history."-- Elaine Feeney, author of How to Build a Boat, "[A] robust, ominous epic of blue-collar Americans running guns to the Irish Republican Army... With exactitude and compassion ... Watkins ably captures the quirky personalities and gritty working-class backdrop of the American side, but she alternates it with the chilling narrative of how one smuggled rifle armed a young woman in Belfast in 1973... [An] engrossing, original fusion of true crime and geopolitics."-- Kirkus (starred review), "The remarkable story of the Philly Five will serve for many as a riveting companion piece to Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing . But that doesn't do it justice. In Ali Watkins's capable hands, it stands proudly alongside that modern classic as its own gateway into the Troubles. A powerful, gritty, emotional read."-- Julian Sancton, author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night, "In the 1970s, a small circle of Philadelphia residents fueled brutal street warfare 3,000 miles from the Liberty Bell. Unflinching and meticulously reported, The Next One Is for You is a gripping tale of the Troubles, told for the first time from this side of the Atlantic."-- Tom O'Neill, author of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, " New York Times journalist Watkins debuts with a rigorous account of America's connection to Northern Ireland's Troubles. . .Watkins paints arresting portraits of the nationalist ideologues who led the charge, and suspensefully recounts the years of FBI and ATF wiretaps and undercover operations that finally led to their arrest. . .Utilizing evidence and trial transcripts from both sides of the Atlantic, Watkins convincingly argues that the IRA would never have become as violent as it did without aid from American immigrants. This shines a harsh new light on an often-covered history."-- Publishers Weekly, " The Next One Is for You is nonfiction at its best: the intense, clear-eyed, and brilliantly reported story that takes the reader on a very human journey. In revealing how a flood of weapons from Philadelphia suddenly transformed the urban battlefields of Northern Ireland, Ali Watkins also brings to life two parallel subcultures: the Irish nationalists who left for the United States and those who stayed behind. Powerful and compelling, this book is a must."-- James Risen, author of The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys--and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy, "Ali Watkins is an intrepid guide to the intersection between violence, identity, and power. Now, she proves herself to be a riveting storyteller, to boot. The Next One Is for You is a masterpiece of investigative and true-crime reporting: a white-knuckle ride through 1970s Philadelphia and Belfast, two cities that will now be foreverlinked in American memory." -- Mark Leibovich, author of This Town and Thank You for Your Servitude, "Riveting... The Next One Is for You will inevitably be compared with Patrick Radden Keefe's nonfiction blockbuster about the Troubles, Say Nothing ...C.J. Chivers's globe-spanning history of the AK-47, The Gun , is another obvious antecedent....But its themes are arguably even more resonant in the current political moment."-- The Washington Post
Dewey Decimal
941.60824
Synopsis
"Riveting...Will inevitably be compared with Patrick Radden Keefe's nonfiction blockbuster...But its themes are arguably even more resonant in the current political moment." The Washington Post From New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles--a true-crime saga that illuminates Irish America's central role in the conflict and its legacy. Northern Ireland, 1975. Violence has erupted on the streets of Belfast. After years as a sleepy, guerilla army, the IRA is clashing with Loyalist gangs and heavily armed British soldiers. But the Troubles have spilled beyond the small island: An ocean away, in the heart of Philadelphia's Irish enclave, a teenage girl finds a letter in her mailbox. Inside is a bullet, and the message is clear: The next one is for you or your family. As celebrated New York Times reporter Ali Watkins reveals in this exquisitely reported nonfiction thriller, the conflict in Northern Ireland might have gone very differently had it not been for a small, ragtag band of carpenters, family men, and fugitives in the United States. The Philadelphia Five, as they came to be known, supplied the Irish Republican Army at its moment of greatest need, bolstering the fight for a united Ireland but fueling the Troubles at an untold cost. This small group of Irish nationalists smuggled hundreds of rifles, rocket launchers, explosives, and armor-piercing bullets across the Atlantic Ocean and into Northern Ireland. Whether they were skimming money from innocuous-seeming charities, coolly slipping weapons into hidden compartments of vans and houses, or scouring local graveyards for the names of dead Irishmen to use on federal firearm forms, the gunrunners approached their mission--to unite Ireland under one flag, by any means necessary--with ruthless poise, even as European and American investigators closed in, members of their own movement began to turn on them, and bodies stacked up on all sides. A gripping tale of crime, rebellion, and the hazy line between them, The Next One Is for You is the definitive account of America's hand in the Troubles--a conflict whose resonance is still felt today, in the United States and Ireland alike.
LC Classification Number
DA990.U46W38 2025
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- i***9 (8)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI appreciate the deal I was able to get on both books I ordered. They came as pictured and described in the listing and look good! My only complaint is the packaging could be better, I got two paperback books that were not shipped in a box but rather and envelope and one of the covers arrived bent. So I would recommend the seller use bubblewrap or a box to ship future orders.