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020    9781612199849|q(hardcover) 
020    1612199844|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9781612199856|q(e-book) 
020    |z1612199852|q(e-book) 
035    (OCoLC)1343159571 
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050  4 DA965.B35|bC73 2022 
082 04 941.50824092 
100 1  Crawley, John|c(Soldier),|eauthor. 
245 14 The yank :|ba true story of a former US marine in the 
       Irish Republican army /|cJohn Crawley. 
246 30 True story of a former United States marine in the Irish 
       Republican army 
246 30 True story of a former U.S. marine in the Irish Republican
       army 
264  1 New York :|bMelville House,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    ix, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bblack and 
       white photographs;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in the UK by Merrion Press"--T.p. 
       verso. 
520    "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, no
       -holds-barred recounting of his experience, John Crawley 
       details, first, the grueling challenges of his Marine 
       Corps training, then how he put his hard-earned munitions 
       and demolitions 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. Through it all comes the steadfast voice of a 
       man on a mission, providing an evocative, detailed, and 
       passionate recounting of where that mission led him and 
       why -- as well as why, to this day, he remains ready to 
       serve." --|cPublisher description. 
600 10 Crawley, John. 
600 10 Bulger, Whitey,|d1929-2018. 
610 20 Irish Republican Army|vBiography. 
650  0 Revolutionaries|zIreland|vBiography. 
650  0 Guerrilla warfare|zNorthern Ireland|xHistory|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 British|zNorthern Ireland|xHistory. 
650  0 Bombings|zEngland. 
650  0 Terrorism|zNorthern Ireland. 
651  0 Ireland|y20th century|xHistory|vBiography. 
651  0 Northern Ireland|xPolitics and government|y1968-1998. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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