Ruby Ridge

Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061959851

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Ruby Ridge by Jess Walter Pdf

“The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print.” — Washington Times From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, here is the story of what happened on Ruby Ridge: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, brought down the number-two man in the FBI, and left in its wake a nation increasingly attuned to the dangers of unchecked federal power. On the last hot day of summer in 1992, gunfire cracked over a rocky knob in northern Idaho, just south of the Canadian border. By the next day three people were dead, and a small war was joined, pitting the full might of federal law enforcement against one well-armed family. Drawing on extensive interviews with Randy Weaver's family, government insiders, and others, Walter traces the paths that led the Weavers to their confrontation with federal agents and led the government to treat a family like a gang of criminals.

Author : Alan W. Bock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015031831541

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Ambush at Ruby Ridge by Alan W. Bock Pdf

Examines the case of white supremacist Randy Weaver, who became involved in a deadly shootout with federal agents in Idaho, and charges the government with entrapment and murder.

Author : Sara Weaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0983456844

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From Ruby Ridge to Freedom by Sara Weaver Pdf

Sara Weaver, the oldest daughter of Randy and Vicki Weaver, writes of her family, the tragedy at Ruby Ridge, and the hope, joy and freedom she found in her Savior, Jesus Christ.

Author : Christopher Whitcomb
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780446551212

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Cold Zero by Christopher Whitcomb Pdf

Only 200 people have ever been in Christopher Whitcomb's elite branch of the F.B.I. The Hostage Rescue Team is its most highly trained and specialized squadron -- equivalent to the Navy's Seals and the Army's Delta Force -- charged with terrorist capture, hostage situations, and other large-scale emergencies in the U.S. and around the world. Whitcomb is the first HRT member ever to write about his experience. With breathtaking immediacy, Whitcomb describes the brutal training, the weapons and tactics, and the unbreakable camaraderie of the HRT. In short order, after joining HRT in 1991, Whitcomb was sent on missions to Ruby Ridge and Waco, and his frank assessment of those missions is must reading for anyone interested in modern law enforcement. Only rarely does a writer this accomplished have a life this dramatic. Cold Zero is a book of rare action and emotion, and one that introduces a remarkable new writer to the world.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCR:31210016413146

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The Federal Raid on Ruby Ridge, ID by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information Pdf

Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061011313

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Every Knee Shall Bow by Jess Walter Pdf

What went wrong at Ruby Ridge? Why was Randy Weaver's son fatally shot in the back? How could the FBI justify shooting a woman as she held her infant child? Why were the Weavers given a $3.1 million settlement by the U.S. Government? Was there an FBI cover-up and how high did it go? Every Knee Shall Bow answers the critical questions that cut to the heart of the most explosive issues in the United States today. The Weaver Family took to the woods to escape what they believed was a sinful world on the brink of Armageddon. But Randy Weaver's indictment on a firearms violation escalated into a deadly shoot out at his northern Idaho cabin. Before it was over, a federal marshal, Weaver's wife and his only son were dead. Now, featuring exclusive interviews with key figures on both sides, Pulitzer Prize finalist Jess Walter objectively reconstructs all the riveting events in this controversial case.

Author : Lane Crothers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538115732

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Rage on the Right by Lane Crothers Pdf

This book explores the diverse ways contemporary right-wing social movements have built themselves into a potent political force. Just as the 1990s militia movement drew life from deeply embedded values and myths central to American political culture and political history, so, too, do the contemporary militia and alt-right movements.

Author : Tara Westover
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443452502

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Educated by Tara Westover Pdf

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.

Author : Thom Cantrall
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522995056

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Ghosts of Ruby Ridge by Thom Cantrall Pdf

A case of mistaken identity during an archery bear hunt in northern Idaho sets in motion a chain of events that changes the lives of many people. One man is lost in the woods, perhaps captured by unknown creatures and another, in summoning help, falls afoul of the Neo-Nazi Militia group centered on the Aryan Nations Church in the area. The resulting events unfolding brought about a major confrontation that resulted in a terrorist event of huge proportions in ths quiet northwoods area. This story could have been taken from teh front page of any of our newspapers in this post 9-11 era. The events are plausible and interesting, the action is fast paced and the characters are those found across America. The incidents with sasquatch are all incidents reported to the author or experienced by him. All in all, this book is a very good read!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Crime
ISBN : HARVARD:HL0JDP

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Fugitives Wanted by Police by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781439126738

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Them by Jon Ronson Pdf

A New York Times–bestselling author hangs out with conspiracy theorists and hunts for the Bilderberg Group in this “hilarious, disturbing” memoir (The New York Times). A wide variety of extremist groups, from Islamic fundamentalists to neo-Nazis, share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled secret room. As a journalist and a Jew, Ronson was often considered one of “Them,” but he had no idea if their meetings actually took place. Was he just not invited? Them takes us across three continents and into the secret room. Along the way he meets Omar Bakri Mohammed, considered one of the most dangerous men in Great Britain, PR-savvy Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Thom Robb, and the survivors of Ruby Ridge. He is chased by men in dark glasses and unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp. In the forests of northern California he even witnesses CEOs and leading politicians—like Dick Cheney—undertake a bizarre owl ritual. Ronson’s investigations, by turns creepy and comical, reveal some alarming things about the looking-glass world of “us” and “them.” Them is a deep and fascinating look at the lives and minds of extremists. Are the extremists onto something? Or is Jon Ronson becoming one of them? “Jon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe.” —The Washington Post “Them is at times funny, other times unsettling, but always astonishing.” —Booklist “It takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune

Author : Bruce Hoffman,Jacob Ware
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231558808

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God, Guns, and Sedition by Bruce Hoffman,Jacob Ware Pdf

Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in Charleston and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. These incidents, however, are neither novel nor unprecedented. They are the latest flashpoints in a process that has been unfolding for decades, in which vast conspiracy theories and radical ideologies such as white supremacism, racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, and hostility to government converge into a deadly threat to democracy. God, Guns, and Sedition offers the definitive account of the rise of far-right terrorism in the United States—and how to counter it. Leading experts Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware trace the historical trajectory and assess the present-day dangers of this violent extremist movement, along with the harm it poses to U.S. national security. They combine authoritative, nuanced analysis with gripping storytelling and portraits of the leaders behind this violence and their followers. Hoffman and Ware highlight key terrorist tactics, such as the use of cutting-edge communications technology; the embrace of leaderless resistance or lone-wolf strategies; infiltration and recruitment in the military and law enforcement; and the movement’s intricate relationship with mainstream politics. An unparalleled examination of one of today’s great perils, God, Guns, and Sedition ends with an array of essential practical recommendations to halt the growth of violent far-right extremism and address this global terrorist threat.

Author : James Bovard
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250095572

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Feeling Your Pain by James Bovard Pdf

James Bovard is no fan of Big Government in the US and under the Clinton-Gore administration. In his new book, Bovard looks at Clinton and Gore's record on such abuses and absurdities as taxes, gun control, the Waco fiasco, AmeriCorps, and federal funding of every program from those dealing with disaster relief to those that put on puppet shows in Northern California. He looks at Hillary Clinton's informal role in the government, as well as Newt Gingrich's poor stewardship of the Republican party in its quest for a leaner federal government. In the style that made Lost Rights a classic, Bovard takes us on a sentimental journey through the last eight years. It's a trip no one will want to miss.

Author : Mark S. Hamm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015003457141

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Apocalypse in Oklahoma by Mark S. Hamm Pdf

He considers the importance of April 19 as a symbolic date for the radical right; discusses the role of Christian Identity, a theology that gives the blessing of God to the racist cause; and examines the significance of The Turner Diaries, a popular novel among militia groups that details a blueprint for anti-government violence. Hamm also discloses that a plan to bomb the Murrah Building was devised as early as 1983 by Christian Identity member Richard Wayne Snell. The author offers bold insights into the ways in which suspects Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were motivated by these influences. Hamm delves into the differences and similarities of their backgrounds, revealing that the seeds for the destructive blast may have been planted when these two men were brought together in the U.S. Army.

Author : Scott P. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598842623

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Trials of the Century [2 volumes] by Scott P. Johnson Pdf

This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their impact on both legal history and popular culture. Crime and punishment are of perennial interest across the human species. Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law examines some of the most important (and infamous) cases in American history, placing them in both historical and legal context. Among the landmark cases considered in these two volumes are the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. A number of civil lawsuits and political trials are also included, such as the impeachment trials of Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Entries in the encyclopedia detail the events leading to each trial and introduce the key players, with a focus on judges, lawyers, witnesses, defendants, victims, media, and the public. In addition, the aftermath of the trial and its impact are analyzed from a scholarly, yet straightforward, perspective, emphasizing how the trial affected the law and society at large.