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- English
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About this book
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is the definitive account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen documents, photographs, and interviews, from former investigative reporter Jeff Guinn, bestselling author of Manson and The Road to Jonestown.
For the first time in thirty years, more than a dozen former ATF agents who participated in the initial February 28, 1993, Waco raid speak on the record about the poor decisions of their commanders that led to this deadly confrontation. The revelations in this book include why the FBI chose to end the siege with the use of CS gas; how both ATF and FBI officials tried and failed to cover up their agencies’ mistakes; where David Koresh plagiarized his infamous prophecies; and direct links between the Branch Davidian tragedy and the modern militia movement in America. Notorious conspiracist Alex Jones is a part of the Waco story. So much is new and stunning.
Guinn puts you alongside the ATF agents as they embarked on the disastrous initial assault, unaware that the Davidians knew they were coming and were armed and prepared to resist. His you-are-there narrative continues to the final assault and its momentous consequences. Drawing on this new information, including several eyewitness accounts, Guinn again does what he did with his bestselling books about Charles Manson and Jim Jones, revealing “gripping” (Houston Chronicle) new details about a story that we thought we knew.
For the first time in thirty years, more than a dozen former ATF agents who participated in the initial February 28, 1993, Waco raid speak on the record about the poor decisions of their commanders that led to this deadly confrontation. The revelations in this book include why the FBI chose to end the siege with the use of CS gas; how both ATF and FBI officials tried and failed to cover up their agencies’ mistakes; where David Koresh plagiarized his infamous prophecies; and direct links between the Branch Davidian tragedy and the modern militia movement in America. Notorious conspiracist Alex Jones is a part of the Waco story. So much is new and stunning.
Guinn puts you alongside the ATF agents as they embarked on the disastrous initial assault, unaware that the Davidians knew they were coming and were armed and prepared to resist. His you-are-there narrative continues to the final assault and its momentous consequences. Drawing on this new information, including several eyewitness accounts, Guinn again does what he did with his bestselling books about Charles Manson and Jim Jones, revealing “gripping” (Houston Chronicle) new details about a story that we thought we knew.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- A Note on Nomenclature
- Prologue: ATF, Morning, February 28, 1993
- Chapter One: The Shepherdâs Rod
- Chapter Two: The Davidians
- Chapter Three: Vernon Wayne Howell
- Chapter Four: Lois, Vernon, and George
- Chapter Five: The Lamb
- Chapter Six: Cyrus Teed
- Chapter Seven: Connection
- Chapter Eight: Palestine and Points West and East
- Chapter Nine: Shootout at Mount Carmel
- Chapter Ten: New Era at the Anthill
- Chapter Eleven: The Privileges of the Lamb
- Chapter Twelve: A New Light
- Chapter Thirteen: Rumblings
- Chapter Fourteen: The Guns
- Chapter Fifteen: The Girls
- Chapter Sixteen: Child Protective Services
- Chapter Seventeen: The Message Evolves
- Chapter Eighteen: The ATF
- Chapter Nineteen: Investigation
- Chapter Twenty: The Investigation Continues
- Chapter Twenty-One: The Undercover House and the Helicopters
- Chapter Twenty-Two: The Plan
- Chapter Twenty-Three: âThe Sinful Messiahâ
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Fort Hood
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Surprise Promised
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Surprise Lost
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: The RaidâEarly Moments
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Price of Prophecy
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: The RaidâAftermath
- Chapter Thirty: The FBI Takes Over
- Chapter Thirty-One: Lost in Translation
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Settling into the Siege
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Negotiators Versus Tactical
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Another Way
- Chapter Thirty-Five: A Passover Promise
- Chapter Thirty-Six: The Limits of Patience
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: To Die in Flames
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: After the Siege
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Legacy of Rage
- Epilogue: Clive Doyle Is Waiting
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright