Ali Watkins

American journalist who has covered national security and intelligence for outlets including The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Politico, and The Daily Beast.

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  1. 1. The Next One Is For You

    In 1975, as violence escalates in Northern Ireland, a threatening letter and bullet arrive in Philadelphia, linking the city’s Irish community to the conflict. The book chronicles a small group of U.S.-based Irish nationalists known as the Philadelphia Five who secretly smuggled weapons to the IRA, and follows the investigative and personal consequences that followed—without revealing outcomes or twists.

    The 13113th Greatest Book of All Time
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