by Anonymous, interviewed by Morgan Strong

About the authors: The subject of the following interview is an anonymous “provo,” or fighter, in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was interviewed by Morgan Strong for Playboy, a monthly men’s magazine. Strong is a contributing editor to Playboy and a television network news consultant.

PLAYBOY: You are a provo, an active soldier of the I.R.A. What made you join the I.R.A. in the first place"

I.R.A. PROVO: I’ve been involved in the struggle from a very early age, when I was twelve or thirteen. I won’t be so naïve as to say I was politically aware at that age, but I did know exactly what I was doing. My involvement in the...