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Waco

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

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 “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. Americas Religious Studies True Crime United States
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government killing it's citizens, dropping tanks on dozens of woman and children. cold blooded murder. David and Co deserved to be left alone. shame of American. same old story.

government killing it's citizens

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Read/Listened to this book after watching a couple of documentaries. The details it provides are excellent and the research is incredible. The book provides multiple points of views and backs up where the claims came from. highly recommended

Amazingly detailed and comprehensive

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Great, well researched take on Waco. Both sides are represented. as facts, not opinion by the author. The Davidions were a bunch of illegal arms dealers, child sexual abusers, and morons who wanted nothing more than to die a (heroic) death against an invisible enemy. Complete morons, that's no doubt. And they deserved to be held accountable. But the government agencies screwed the whole thing up so bad. Even whack jobs don't deserve to die like this.

Stupidity of humans.

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