Title Statement |
Waco rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the birth of America's modern militias / Kevin Cook. |
Alternative Title(s) |
David Koresh, the FBI, and the birth of America's modern militias |
Author |
Cook, Kevin, 1956- |
Publication |
New York: Henry Holt and Company,2023. |
Edition |
First edition. |
Extent of Item |
x, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
ISBN |
9781250840523 (hardcover) |
Other Number |
pr06769416 |
Contents |
Wandering bonehead --A new religion --Sleeping with a prophetess --Madman in Waco --Planet Koresh --The sinful messiah --Deadline pressure --Showtime --Cease-fire --David and Goliath --Wait --A gathering storm --Hard bargains --Testimony --Tightening the noose --T-shirt hill --Signals and noise --Regime change --Breakthrough --Pending judgment --"This is not an assault" --Apocalypse --Out of the ashes --Forensics --Weaponizing Waco --Survivors. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index. |
Summary |
"A news-making account of the war between David Koresh's Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their standoff launched today's militias"-- |
Subjects & Genres |
By Topic |
Militia movements--United States |
Radicalism--United States |
Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993 |
By Name |
Koresh, David,1959-1993 |
Branch Davidians |