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Homegrown : Timothy McVeigh and the rise of right-wing extremism / Jeffrey Toobin.

Summary:

"Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement. After the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets. Jeffrey Toobin details how McVeigh's principles and tactics have flourished in the decades since his death in 2001, reaching an apotheosis on January 6 when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol. Based on nearly a million previously unreleased tapes, photographs, and documents, including detailed communications between McVeigh and his lawyers, as well as interviews with such key figures as Bill Clinton, Toobin reveals how the story of Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing is not only a powerful retelling of one of the great outrages of our time, but a warning for our future"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781668013571
Physical Description: x, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-398) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1776 -- The blueprint -- Kindred spirits -- Mr. Spotless -- The ties fray -- "They're killing Feds. They must be doing something right." -- "The first blood of war...WACO" -- Hillary Clinton's face -- Assembling the ingredients -- The desert rat -- The final days -- The blood of patriots and tyrants -- The Oklahoma standard -- So is mine -- The vise closes -- "Fighting this all my life" -- Merrick Garland's case -- The case against clutter -- "This...is CNN" -- The biggest "get" -- The Fortiers flip -- Tigar, burning bright -- The necessity defense -- Matsch and the victims -- The defense implodes -- The government makes its case -- The case for the jury -- Unconquerable -- McVeigh's legacy.