Waco
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Waco

David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Waco

David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. A Note on Nomenclature
  6. Prologue: ATF, Morning, February 28, 1993
  7. Chapter One: The Shepherd’s Rod
  8. Chapter Two: The Davidians
  9. Chapter Three: Vernon Wayne Howell
  10. Chapter Four: Lois, Vernon, and George
  11. Chapter Five: The Lamb
  12. Chapter Six: Cyrus Teed
  13. Chapter Seven: Connection
  14. Chapter Eight: Palestine and Points West and East
  15. Chapter Nine: Shootout at Mount Carmel
  16. Chapter Ten: New Era at the Anthill
  17. Chapter Eleven: The Privileges of the Lamb
  18. Chapter Twelve: A New Light
  19. Chapter Thirteen: Rumblings
  20. Chapter Fourteen: The Guns
  21. Chapter Fifteen: The Girls
  22. Chapter Sixteen: Child Protective Services
  23. Chapter Seventeen: The Message Evolves
  24. Chapter Eighteen: The ATF
  25. Chapter Nineteen: Investigation
  26. Chapter Twenty: The Investigation Continues
  27. Chapter Twenty-One: The Undercover House and the Helicopters
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two: The Plan
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three: “The Sinful Messiah”
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four: Fort Hood
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five: Surprise Promised
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six: Surprise Lost
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Raid—Early Moments
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Price of Prophecy
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Raid—Aftermath
  36. Chapter Thirty: The FBI Takes Over
  37. Chapter Thirty-One: Lost in Translation
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two: Settling into the Siege
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three: Negotiators Versus Tactical
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four: Another Way
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five: A Passover Promise
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six: The Limits of Patience
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven: To Die in Flames
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight: After the Siege
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Legacy of Rage
  46. Epilogue: Clive Doyle Is Waiting
  47. Photographs
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. About the Author
  50. Notes
  51. Bibliography
  52. Index
  53. Copyright