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The Next One Is for You

A True Story of Guns, Country and the IRA’s Secret American Army

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The Next One Is for You

By: Ali Marie Watkins
Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
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From New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, this true-crime saga is the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles. A ragtag band of carpenters, family men and fugitives, the Philadelphia Five, as they came to be known, banded together, bolstering the fight for a united Ireland but fuelling the Troubles at an untold cost.

This small group of Irish nationalists smuggled hundreds of rifles, rocket launchers, explosives and armour-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 firearm forms, the gunrunners approached their mission - to unite Ireland under one flag, by any means necessary - with ruthless poise, even as 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 on both sides of the Atlantic today.©2025 Ali Marie Watkins (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd. Americas Europe Military Organized Crime True Crime United States United Kingdom
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A lot of research into the why’s & what kicked off the Troubles. I was born in Belfast & left in 1975 for Southern Africa. Never saw any “tanks” during that period which more or less is the period of the book. I assume the author visited Belfast to see for themselves what was really going on.

Not sure about “tanks” in Belfast.

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The author clearly researched her facts thoroughly. I learnt a lot about the Philadelphia support for The Troubles. A lot of information I was unaware of and I’m from Belfast. Very engaging.

Well worth a listen.

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Brilliant book, strange choice of reader. Voice is monotone yet infuriating; ruined the experience. One to read rather that listen...

Great book, awful reader!

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