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Armageddon in Waco

Author : Stuart A. Wright
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622970X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Armageddon in Waco written by Stuart A. Wright and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-07-04 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 28, 1993, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) launched the largest assault in its history against a small religious community in central Texas. One hundred agents armed with automatic and semi automatic weapons invaded the compound, purportedly to execute a single search and arrest warrant. The raid went badly; four agents were killed, and by the end of the day the settlement was surrounded by armored tanks and combat helicopters. After a fifty-one day standoff, the United States Justice Department approved a plan to use CS gas against those barricaded inside. Whether by accident or plan, tanks carrying the CS gas caused the compound to explode in fire, killing all seventy-four men, women, and children inside. Could the tragedy have been prevented? Was it necesary for the BATF agents to do what they did? What could have been done differently? Armageddon in Waco offers the most detailed, wide-ranging analysis of events surrounding Waco. Leading scholars in sociology, history, law, and religion explore all facets of the confrontation in an attempt to understand one of the most confusing government actions in American history. The book begins with the history of the Branch Davidians and the story of its leader, David Koresh. Chapters show how the Davidians came to trouble authorities, why the group was labeled a "cult," and how authorities used unsubstantiated allegations of child abuse to strengthen their case against the sect. The media's role is examined next in essays that considering the effect on coverage of lack of time and resources, the orchestration of public relations by government officials, the restricted access to the site or to countervailing evidence, and the ideologies of the journalists themselves. Several contributors then explore the relation of violence to religion, comparing Waco to Jonestown. Finally, the role played by "experts" and "consultants" in defining such conflicts is explored by two contributors who had active roles as scholarly experts during and after the siege The legal and consitutional implications of the government's actions are also analyzed in balanced, clearly written detail.

Waco

Author : David Thibodeau
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1602865760
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Waco written by David Thibodeau and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau. Twenty-five years ago, the FBI staged a deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Texas. David Thibodeau survived to tell the story. When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was a drummer in a local a rock band. Though he had never been religious in the slightest, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burned to the ground after a 51-day standoff with government authorities. In this compelling account--now with an updated epilogue that revisits remaining survivors--Thibodeau explores why so many people came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired. We meet the men, women, and children of Mt. Carmel. We get inside the day-to-day life of the community. We also understand Thibodeau's brutally honest assessment of the United States government's actions. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno. Originally published as A Place Called Waco.

A Place Called Waco

Author : David Thibodeau
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 9781891620423
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book A Place Called Waco written by David Thibodeau and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 1999-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of nine survivors of the attack on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993 describes how he came to join the religious community and offers an eyewitness account of the tragedy.

Why Waco?

Author : James D. Tabor
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520919181
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Why Waco? written by James D. Tabor and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1993 government assault on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, resulted in the deaths of four federal agents and eighty Branch Davidians, including seventeen children. Whether these tragic deaths could have been avoided is still debatable, but what seems clear is that the events in Texas have broad implications for religious freedom in America. James Tabor and Eugene Gallagher's bold examination of the Waco story offers the first balanced account of the siege. They try to understand what really happened in Waco: What brought the Branch Davidians to Mount Carmel? Why did the government attack? How did the media affect events? The authors address the accusations of illegal weapons possession, strange sexual practices, and child abuse that were made against David Koresh and his followers. Without attempting to excuse such actions, they point out that the public has not heard the complete story and that many media reports were distorted. The authors have carefully studied the Davidian movement, analyzing the theology and biblical interpretation that were so central to the group's functioning. They also consider how two decades of intense activity against so-called cults have influenced public perceptions of unorthodox religions. In exploring our fear of unconventional religious groups and how such fear curtails our ability to tolerate religious differences, Why Waco? is an unsettling wake-up call. Using the events at Mount Carmel as a cautionary tale, the authors challenge all Americans, including government officials and media representatives, to closely examine our national commitment to religious freedom.

A Journey to Waco

Author : Clive Doyle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442208872
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book A Journey to Waco written by Clive Doyle and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly twenty years after they happened, the ATF and FBI assaults on the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas remain the most deadly law enforcement action on American soil. The raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents on February 28, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians, precipitated a 51-day siege conducted by the FBI. The FBI tank and gas assault on the residence at Mount Carmel Center on April 19 culminated in a fire that killed 53 adults and 23 children, with only nine survivors. In A Journey to Waco, survivor Clive Doyle not only takes readers inside the tragic fire and its aftermath, but he also tells the larger story of how and why he joined the Branch Davidians, how the Branch Davidian community developed, and the status of survivors. While the media and official reports painted one picture of the Branch Davidians and the two assaults, A Journey to Waco shares a much more personal account of the ATF raid, the siege, and the final assault that details events unreported by the media.A Journey to Waco presents what the Branch Davidians believed and introduces readers to the community’s members, including David Koresh. A Journey to Waco is a personal account of one man’s journey with the Branch Davidians, through the tragic fire, and beyond.

Historic Homes of Waco, Texas

Author : Kenneth Hafertepe
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496993
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Historic Homes of Waco, Texas written by Kenneth Hafertepe and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2020 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History and Culture In this thoughtful tour of 120 historic homes in Waco, Texas, architectural historian Kenneth Hafertepe gives readers a glimpse of the surprising variety of styles and stories captured in the houses built by and for Wacoans. Focusing on the period from the 1850s to about 1940, Hafertepe provides not only snapshots of the dwellings in which the people of Waco lived, but also informed hints about how they lived: everyone from the wealthiest merchants to the humblest day laborers. Historic Homes of Waco, Texas incorporates material gleaned from city directories, fire insurance maps, census and cemetery records, and other archival and published sources to afford the most complete picture possible of how these homes came to be and what became of those who built and lived in them. Over 120 color photographs, also taken by the author, round out the descriptions. The popular enthusiasm for the television series featuring Waco-area “fixer-uppers,” coupled with the burgeoning local industry generated by the show’s two charismatic hosts, has certainly boosted interest in historic homes and buildings in Waco. Indeed, Hafertepe has incorporated a handful of properties featured on the show among the houses profiled in this book. But beyond any current entertainment craze, Historic Homes of Waco, Texas will stand the test of time as an authoritative and entertaining tribute to these important structures and the people who inhabited them.

The Ashes of Waco

Author : Dick J. Reavis
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815605027
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Ashes of Waco written by Dick J. Reavis and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story the daily press didn't give us. It may be the definitive book about what happened at Mt. Carmel, near Waco, Texas, examined from both sides—the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other. Dick J. Reavis contends that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh and even less to raid the compound at Mt. Carmel. The government lied to the public about most of what happened—about who fired the first shots, about drug allegations, about child abuse. The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel-and that alone could have started the fire that killed seventy-six people. Drawing on interviews with survivors of Koresh's movement (which dates back to 1935), as well as from esoteric religious tracts and audiotapes, and previously undisclosed government documents, Reavis uncovers the real story of the burning at Waco, including the trial that followed. The author quotes from Koresh himself to create an extraordinary portrait of a movement, an assault, and an avoidable tragedy.

Mad Man in Waco

Author : Brad Bailey
Publisher : Wrs Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781567960273
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Mad Man in Waco written by Brad Bailey and published by Wrs Pub. This book was released on 1993 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the Branch Davidians, tells how David Koresh became leader of the group, and describes the events that led to the tragic fire

Learning Lessons from Waco

Author : Jayne Seminare Docherty
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815627517
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Learning Lessons from Waco written by Jayne Seminare Docherty and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a conceptual model of worldview conflict, using the example of Waco to extract principles for negotiating with communities motivated by unconventional beliefs. The author argues that parties with fundamentally different worldviews must first deal with reality, or "worldnaming," before they can begin to confront the issues, and suggests that because they used different "naming, framing, and blaming" language, the two sides in the Waco negotiation were destined to fail. While the Branch Davidians' reality was based on values and spirituality, that of the FBI was scientific and goal-centered, and it dismissed the Davidians' attempts to communicate as "Bible babble." She concludes with 14 lessons for future crisis negotiators dealing with such groups.

The First Waco Horror

Author : Patricia Bernstein
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603445471
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The First Waco Horror written by Patricia Bernstein and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. In 1916, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas, Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in the events of that day, Patricia Bernstein has reconstructed the details of not only the crime but also how it influenced the NAACP's antilynching campaign.

Gildersleeve

Author : John S. Wilson
Publisher : 1845 Books
ISBN 13 : 9781481309240
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Gildersleeve written by John S. Wilson and published by 1845 Books. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1905 when the man destined to become Waco's photographer first opened his shop. Fred Gildersleeve documented the city he loved, establishing his legacy through iconic images that have become Waco's visual memory. The 186 Gildersleeve images within capture the spirit of early Waco. Born in 1880 in Boulder, Colorado, Gildersleeve spent most of his childhood in Kirksville, Missouri. Throughout his early years, Gildersleeve sold his pictures for 25 cents apiece to pay for his education, working his way through photography school in Effingham, Illinois before launching his career in Waco. An adventurer, Gildersleeve was known for speeding through town on an Excelsior motorbike--and later in a Model T Ford--with his assistant in the sidecar. He avidly took pictures of everyday life in Waco, becoming the official photographer for Baylor and the State Fair of Texas. From special occasions to sporting events, from construction projects to key figures, Gildersleeve documented Waco's growth as a thriving industrial city during the early days of the twentieth century. Gildersleeve's photos are not just history; they are art. He pioneered panoramas and aerial shots using Waco as his subject. Gildersleeve's photos are now known for their clarity and detail that resemble and surpass modern-day digital photography. The photos in this book take viewers back in time to their favorite Waco landmarks and do so with timeless creativity.

Waco

Author : Eric Ames
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467115525
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Waco written by Eric Ames and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Waco's modern era starts with a disaster and ends with rebirth. In 1953, a record-setting tornado swept through the city's downtown, killing 114 people and destroying a century's worth of original buildings. From the devastation came an ambitious urban renewal project, an explosion in suburban developments, and several cycles of waning and revitalization in the downtown area. Baylor University's steady growth in academic excellence and national exposure kept the city on the map. The images in this book detail the milestones and memories of a proud city founded in the 1840s, and they highlight achievements both personal and civic.

The First Waco Horror

Author : Patricia Bernstein
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585445448
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The First Waco Horror written by Patricia Bernstein and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916, in front of a crowd of ten to fifteen thousand cheering spectators watched as seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas. He had been accused and convicted in a kangaroo court for the rape and murder of a white woman. The city’s mayor and police chief watched Washington’s torture and murder and did nothing. Nearby, a professional photographer took pictures to sell as mementos of that day. The stark story and gory pictures were soon printed in The Crisis, the monthly magazine of the fledgling NAACP, as part of that organization’s campaign for antilynching legislation. Even in the vast bloodbath of lynchings that washed across the South and Midwest during the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Waco lynching stood out. The NAACP assigned a young white woman, Elisabeth Freeman, to travel to Waco to investigate, and report back. The evidence she gathered and gave to W. E. B. Du Bois provided grist for the efforts of the NAACP to raise national consciousness of the atrocities being committed and to raise funds to lobby antilynching legislation as well. In the summer of 1916, three disparate forces - a vibrant, growing city bursting with optimism on the blackland prairie of Central Texas, a young woman already tempered in the frontline battles for woman’s suffrage, and a very small organization of grimly determined “progressives” in New York City - collided with each other, with consequences no one could have foreseen. They were brought together irrevocably by the prolonged torture and public murder of Jesse Washington - the atrocity that became known as the Waco Horror. Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in the events of that day, Patricia Bernstein has reconstructed the details of not only the crime but also its aftermath. She has charted the ways the story affected the development of the NAACP and especially the eventual success of its antilynching campaign. She searches for answers to the questions of how participating in such violence affected the lives of the mob leaders, the city officials who stood by passively, and the community that found itself capable of such abject behavior.

Massacre at Waco

Author : Clifford L. Linedecker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Massacre at Waco written by Clifford L. Linedecker and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 19 April 1993 the world was shocked when a compound in Waco, Texas, was engulfed in flames. Inside were 87 members of the Branch Davidians, a religious cult, and their leader, David Koresh, who had survived a 51-day siege by federal agents. This book tells the story of this encounter.

Waco Untold

Author : Douglas Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999802601
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Waco Untold written by Douglas Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the untold story behind the traggic events of Waco, 1993. Who was David Koresh? Who are the Branch Davidians? How did all those men, women, and children end up following a man, even to the death, who held such sway over them that he could take their men¿s wives and daughters as his own - with their consent? Why did the government agencies respond as they did?The answers to these questions are a mystery to most, but not to those who experienced the arrival of David Koresh among the Branch Davidians and his subsequent assault against them and the principles they stood for. This book is the landmark work of a man who not only experienced this assault, but also took the brunt of it being the authentic leader of the Branch movement during the time of its identity theft by Koresh and his group.Gain a never-before-seen glimpse into the inner workings of the Branch Davidian movement before, during, and after the 1993 siege. Learn how all this happened, who was involved, and why it is important for all of us, even today.

The Davidian Massacre

Author : Carol Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781880692226
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book The Davidian Massacre written by Carol Moore and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lust, Violence, Religion

Author : Bradley T. Turner
Publisher : Tstc Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781934302699
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Lust, Violence, Religion written by Bradley T. Turner and published by Tstc Pub. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a seventh-generation Wacoan, Bradley T. Turner wrote and collected historical essays of early Waco, Texas. The authors uncovered a history so colorful, it's only fitting to put the stories together in one volume. The book's title points the way to Waco's past, full of tragic and sometimes violent tales. All served to make Waco in McLennan County, Texas, what it is today. Take a ride with an early circuit rider or find out about the duel fought over Baylor University or how the world's oldest profession thrived in early Waco. This isn't a book for just those in Waco. It's for those who ever passed through its corridors or those who love to read of the Texas spirit that honed this land to the thriving area it is today.