The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the Ira's Secret American Army

'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