The Volunteer: A Former IRA Man's True Story

"This is the best account of the life of an IRA volunteer yet written." The Irish Times"No better explanation of why ordinary people turn to terrorism has ever been written. O'Doherty's compelling story is a brilliant, firsthand account of how the boy next door became a bomber.... O'Doherty traces his early involvement with the IRA with disarming honesty and humour.... Most riveting, however, is the story of his disillusion with the romance of republicanism and his complete denunciation of ...