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The Yank

by John Crawley
David de Vries
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1975: A young Irish-American man joins an elite US Marine unit to get the most intensive military training possible-then joins the Irish Republican Army, during the days of some of the bloodiest fighting ever in the Irish-British conflict. In a powerful, brutally honest recounting of his experience, John Crawley details, first, the grueling challenges of his Marine Corps training, then how he put his hard-earned skills to use back in Ireland in service of the Provos. It is a story that will see him running guns with notorious American mobster-and secret IRA fundraiser-Whitey Bulger; running, under cover of night, from safe house to safe house in the Irish countryside, one step ahead of British troops; being captured, imprisoned, and being part of a mass escape attempt; fending off a recruitment offer from the CIA; and being one of the masterminds behind a campaign to take out London's electrical system. Along the way, Crawley is blisteringly candid about the memorable people he worked with, including behind-the-scenes portrayals of revered IRA leader Martin McGuinness, and of the psychopathic Whitey Bulger, as well as others in the Boston IRA support network. There are vivid portraits of colleagues and enemies, and Crawley is unflinching in his commentary on IRA leadership and their tactics, both military and political.
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781696609722
  • File size: 249692 KB
  • Release date: October 11, 2022
  • Duration: 08:40:11

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  • ISBN: 9781696609722
  • File size: 249726 KB
  • Release date: October 11, 2022
  • Duration: 08:43:06
  • Number of parts: 9
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1975: A young Irish-American man joins an elite US Marine unit to get the most intensive military training possible-then joins the Irish Republican Army, during the days of some of the bloodiest fighting ever in the Irish-British conflict. In a powerful, brutally honest recounting of his experience, John Crawley details, first, the grueling challenges of his Marine Corps training, then how he put his hard-earned skills to use back in Ireland in service of the Provos. It is a story that will see him running guns with notorious American mobster-and secret IRA fundraiser-Whitey Bulger; running, under cover of night, from safe house to safe house in the Irish countryside, one step ahead of British troops; being captured, imprisoned, and being part of a mass escape attempt; fending off a recruitment offer from the CIA; and being one of the masterminds behind a campaign to take out London's electrical system. Along the way, Crawley is blisteringly candid about the memorable people he worked with, including behind-the-scenes portrayals of revered IRA leader Martin McGuinness, and of the psychopathic Whitey Bulger, as well as others in the Boston IRA support network. There are vivid portraits of colleagues and enemies, and Crawley is unflinching in his commentary on IRA leadership and their tactics, both military and political.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Military Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    HighBridge
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696609722
    File size: 249692 KB
    Release date: October 11, 2022
    Duration: 08:40:11

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696609722
    File size: 249726 KB
    Release date: October 11, 2022
    Duration: 08:43:06
    Number of parts: 9

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