The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy Mc Veigh, leading to the January 6 insurrectionfrom acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.Timothy Mc Veigh wanted to start a movement. Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets: killing 168 people was his patriotic duty. He cited the Declaration of Independence from memory: ‘;Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.’ He had obsessively followed the siege of Waco and seethed at the imposition of President Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban. A self-proclaimed white separatist, he abhorred immigration and wanted women to return to traditional roles. As he watched the industrial decline of his native Buffalo, Mc Veigh longed for when America was great. New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin traces the dramatic history and profound legacy of Timothy Mc Veigh, who once declared, ‘;I believe there is an army out there, ready to rise up, even though I never found it.’ But that doesn’t mean his army wasn’t there. With news-breaking reportage, Toobin details how Mc Veigh’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 Mc Veigh and his lawyers, as well as interviews with such key figures as Bill Clinton, Homegrown reveals how the story of Timothy Mc Veigh 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.
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