- Hardcover: 444 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (17 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060394072
- ISBN-13: 978-0060394073
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 448,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This impeccably reported book...represents good journalism." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
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April 19, 1995. The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City is ravaged by a vicious bombing that claims 168 innocent lives. Two years later, 29-year-old Timothy McVeigh, a decorated Gulf War veteran, is convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. Most of America knows his name. But only McVeigh himself knows exactly what happened on that ill-starred day. And despite his conviction, he has never gone on record in any forum to discuss the bombing.
Until now. Award-winning journalists Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck have been investigating the bombing for more than five years. They have conducted more than 300 interviews, compiling exclusive testimony from federal investigators, family and friends of McVeigh and survivors' and victims' families. And in 1997 they secured an extraordinary coup: in more than 75 hours of interviews, they persuaded Timothy McVeigh to give a complete account of his story -- from his formative childhood experiences, through his days in the Army, to a thorough portrait of the culture of right-wing separatists and gun-show extremism that was the breeding ground for the terrorist plot. It is the deeply unsettling story of an average American son driven to violence by his hatred of government. And its climax -- the first and only inside account of the planning and execution of the bombing -- answers at last the questions that have haunted Oklahoma City and the nation since that April day.
At once an explosive work of journalism and a uniquely American story, American Terrorist will help bring closure to a wound left too long open in our national psyche.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Once I started this book I found it impossible to put it down,as it allowed me to understand the thoughts and beliefs of a young man looking for a path in life. The tragedy is that he chose the wrong path and paid so dearly with all the suffering and pain caused for so many, I was compelled to follow this case as soon as the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was announced. Right up to and even after the execution of Timothy James McVeigh he stood by his beliefs, to which only a few can understand, but this does not mean that they share his views only to understand them, what this book did for me was just that, I feel real sorrow for all the poor people involved in this terrible episode including Tim McVeigh.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed the book but I'm not sure if this is the absolute truth. Tim McVeigh came across as a complex man completely weighed down with his emotions and ideologies. The information on his childhood and life in prison were very interesting. I was also amazed at the list of his military achievments and how he went from being a model soldier to public enemy no. 1. I feel the book also makes you think about the American justice system and how quickly it turns on one of its opponents. Overall, I recommend the book as it gives a another perspective on a man who seems destined to remain an enigmatic but intriguing character.
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This was bought as a gift for someone, he has since recieved it and found it very informative. The book has since lead him to buy others on the same subject to find out more. Did have trouble recieving it as it was lost in transit but got straight on to the company sending it and they sent me another copy with no trouble at all. Which arrived a few days later. Will happyly use that company again.
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There but for fortune, go you or I
Best organized book on the fortune and misfortune insights and lives of Timothy McVeigh. How and where he met his now infamous friends. How plans were formed. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by bernie
flawed book but interesting
the writers basically befriended the bombers dad to try and get access to tim the bomber.. i read this years ago and from memory they didnt interview tim themselves very much.. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2008 by dave s
repetitious
This book is also most word for word the same as "The All American Monster"? Only difference is, that the authors have supposedly put in McVeigh's comments. Read more
Published on 12 July 2001
A gripping insight into the life of a mass murderer
With all the media frenzy surrounding recent events in McVeigh's impending death sentence, it seems we all know everything about the guy, but what is in the public domain is merely... Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2001
How much do we need to know?
This book seemed to delve into the heart and mind of OK City Bomber, McVeigh. It gives us his version of what happened on that fateful day, and really shows the apathy and... Read more
Published on 4 April 2001
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