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A Sniper in the Tower

Gary M. Lavergne
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Author : Gary M. Lavergne
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574410297

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This volume provides an analysis of American Charles Whitman (1941-1966), an American engineering student and former U.S. Marine, who killed seventeen people and wounded thirty-two others in a mass shooting rampage in and around the Tower of the University of Texas in Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966. Prior to the shootings at the University of Texas, Whitman had murdered his wife and mother the night before. The author attempts to answer the question "why?" with this historical analysis of the event. Using primary sources and photographs, the author details the significant events in Whitman's life that led to the massacre. The author details the life of Whitman, his relationships with his friends, mother and father, brothers and wife. He writes about the victims and where and what they were doing when they were gunned down. The author describes how civilians used their own guns to shoot back at Whitman and how an air attack from a helicopter was unsuccessful in gunning down the killer, but how Austin police were finally able to end the massacre by sneaking up to the Tower and catching Whitman off guard.

Tower Sniper

Monte Akers,Nathan Akers
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Author : Monte Akers,Nathan Akers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990371433

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On August 1, 1966, University of Texas engineering student Charles Whitman went to the top of the 307-foot campus tower. Over the next 96 minutes he shot and killed 15 people and wounded 31. Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Campus Active Shooter, by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Dr. Roger Friedman, explores the history and personal experience of this seminal tragedy, enriches public memory, and advances our understanding of mass shootings that continue to haunt America.The authors vigilantly examine the details leading up to the event, the shootings, and their half-century legacy in stark detail. In doing so the authors correct various myths that have been part of the public narrative for decades, such as a brain tumor having motivated Whitman's actions, that he intentionally targeted certain victims, and that he attempted to make it appear that multiple snipers were active. Witness interviews, examination of primary sources, and handwriting analysis reveal information overlooked until now, including the factors that actually contributed to Whitman's predatory behavior and how his death and autopsy were mishandled.Employing the expertise of a clinical psychologist who was best friend to one of the shooter's young victims, the book contrasts current understandings of trauma with the approach taken at the time, documents the long-term traumatic legacy of mass shootings, and describes how individuals and communities can successfully cope with traumatic memories. The release of this book coincides with the unveiling of the newly expanded memorial for the victims of this tragedy on the University of Texas campus, August 1, 2016, the 50th Anniversary of the shooting.

The Texas Tower Sniper

Ryan Green
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Author : Ryan Green
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798629964643

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Charles Whitman Jr was born and raised with his two younger brothers in a nice neighbourhood in the suburbs of Lake Worth, Florida. From the outside, the Whitman's appeared to be living the American dream but within the household, lay a much darker reality. Charles Whitman Sr made sure his family wanted for nothing and in return, he demanded perfection. Lethargy or failure were unacceptable and resulted in violence. Growing up under the brutal rule of Charles Sr took its toll on Charles Jr. He could not live up to the impossible expectations set by his father nor could he accept his failures. Charles Jr struggled to control his inner thoughts and temper, and his life started to unravel. He needed to put an end to his trajectory. He wasn't going to slide into mediocrity. He wouldn't go silently into suicide and oblivion. The world needed to know his name and what he was truly capable of, for the rest of time. The Texas Tower Sniper is a chilling account of one of the largest campus shootings in American history. Ryan Green's riveting narrative draws the reader into the real-live horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller. CAUTION: This book contains descriptive accounts of abuse and violence. If you are especially sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to read any further

From a Taller Tower

Seamus McGraw
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Author : Seamus McGraw
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781477317181

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We, as a nation, have become desensitized to the shock and pain in the wake of mass shootings. In the bottomless silence between gunshots, as political stalemate ensures inaction, the killing continues; the dying continues. From a Taller Tower attends to the silence that has left us empty in the aftermath of these atrocities. Veteran journalist Seamus McGraw chronicles the rise of the mass shooter to dismantle the myths we have constructed around the murderers and ourselves. In 1966, America’s first mass shooter, from atop the University of Texas tower, unleashed a new reality: the fear that any of us may be targeted by a killer, and the complicity we bear in granting these murderers the fame or infamy they crave. Addressing individual cases in the epidemic that began in Austin, From a Taller Tower bluntly confronts our obsession with the shooters—and explores the isolation, narcissism, and sense of victimhood that fan their obsessions. Drawing on the experiences of survivors and first responders as well as the knowledge of mental health experts, McGraw challenges the notion of the “good guy with a gun,” the idolization of guns (including his own), and the reliability of traumatized memory. Yet in this terrible history, McGraw reminds us of the humanity that can stop the killing and the dying.

School Shootings and the Never Again Movement

Laurie Collier Hillstrom
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Author : Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781440867521

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School Shootings and the Never Again Movement by Laurie Collier Hillstrom Pdf

This volume provides a concise but authoritative overview of the Never Again Movement, which arose in the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. This volume in the 21st Century Turning Points series, a one-stop resource for understanding the people and events changing America today, analyzes school shootings and examines the broader issue of gun violence in America. It focuses on the history of school shootings in the United States and the debate that has raged for decades between gun control advocates and supporters of gun ownership rights. School Shootings and the Never Again Movement: 21st Century Turning Points provides a broad perspective on these issues. It recounts the evolution of gun politics and policy throughout the twentieth century, explains the positions and activities of organizations and activists on both sides of the gun debate, details notorious school shootings ranging from Columbine to Parkland, and explores the potential impact of the Never Again Movement on American gun policy at the state and federal levels.

Sniper

Martin J Dougherty
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Author : Martin J Dougherty
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781909160385

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Sniper examines what it takes to be a special forces elite sniper, what training is required to become an expert marksman, and what weapons are used by special forces snipers today. Using 300 instructive artworks, SAS and Elite Forces: Sniper shows you how special forces units such as the SAS and Delta Force train their most elite soldiers.

Tragedy in Aurora

Tom Diaz
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Author : Tom Diaz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538123447

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Tragedy in Aurora is about the 2012 murder of budding sports journalist Jessica (Jessi) Redfield Ghawi in a public mass shooting, and the widening circle of pain it inflicted on her family, friends, police, medical first responders, and others. The book is at the same time a deep examination of the causes and potential cures of the quintessential 21st century American sickness—public mass shootings. At the heart of that examination is an unpacking of America’s deep polarization and political gridlock. It addresses head on the question of why? Why is American gun violence so different from other countries? Why does nothing seem to change? The “Parkland kids” inspired hope of change. But the ultimate questions stubbornly remain—what should, what can, and what will Americans do to reduce gun violence? Tragedy in Aurora argues that the answer lies in a conscious cultural redefinition of American civic order. Over recent decades, America has defined a cultural “new normal” about guns and gun violence. Americans express formalistic dismay after every public mass shooting. But many accept gun violence as an inevitable, even necessary, and to some laudable part of what it means to be “American.” Although Americans claim to be shocked with each new outrage, so far they have failed to coalesce around an effective way to reduce gun death and injury. The debate is bogged down in polarized and profoundly ideological political and cultural argument. Meanwhile, America continues to lead the globe in its pandemic levels of gun deaths and injuries. Combined with the cynical “learned helplessness” of its politicians, the result is gridlock and a growing roll of victims of carnage. Is there a path out of this cultural and political gridlock? Tragedy in Aurora argues that if America is to reduce gun violence it must expand the debate and confront the fundamental question of “who are we?” Tom Diaz gives a new understanding of American culture and the potential for change offered by the growing number and ongoing organization of victims and survivors of gun violence. Without conscious cultural change, the book argues, there is little prospect of effective laws or public policy to reduce gun violence in general and public mass shootings in particular.

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper

Martin Dougherty
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Author : Martin Dougherty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781493036769

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A practical manual for sniping

American Mass Murderers

Valrie Plaza
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Author : Valrie Plaza
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781312961401

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American Mass Murderers collects nearly 700 pages of information about the most notorious killers in America, as well as some of the lesser-known murderers.

Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management

Nicolas A. Valcik,Paul E. Tracy
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Author : Nicolas A. Valcik,Paul E. Tracy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439883167

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Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management details a selection of emergencies—more than 50—that actually occurred. The book demonstrates that often there is no wrong or right answer, just choices that will resolve a problem favorably or cause the situation to deteriorate. The book illustrates the application of public administration theories and practices to real-life disasters. Arranged chronologically, the case studies involve incidents from the U.S. and worldwide, with topics including natural disasters, industrial accidents, epidemics, and terrorist attacks. It includes a set of generic questions at different points in the case study to allow evaluation of which decisions were successful and why. The decision-making process described gives readers an applied venue to test theoretical emergency management techniques that should work in real-world situations. The book demonstrates with the perspective of 20/20 hindsight how preventive planning measures are best practiced. It provides practical advice and guidance for public officials during emergency situations.

After Gun Violence

Craig Rood
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Author : Craig Rood
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271085456

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Mass shootings have become the “new normal” in American life. The same can be said for the public debate that follows a shooting: blame is cast, political postures are assumed, but no meaningful policy changes are enacted. In After Gun Violence, Craig Rood argues that this cycle is the result of a communication problem. Without advocating for specific policies, Rood examines how Americans talk about gun violence and suggests how we might discuss the issues more productively and move beyond our current, tragic impasse. Exploring the ways advocacy groups, community leaders, politicians, and everyday citizens talk about gun violence, Rood reveals how the gun debate is about far more than just guns. He details the role of public memory in shaping the discourse, showing how memories of the victims of gun violence, the Second Amendment, and race relations influence how gun policy is discussed. In doing so, Rood argues that forgetting and misremembering this history leads interest groups and public officials to entrenched positions and political failure and drives the public further apart. Timely and innovative, After Gun Violence advances our understanding of public discourse in an age of gridlock by illustrating how public deliberation and public memory shape and misshape one another. It is a search to understand why public discourse fails and how we can do better.

Cyber Soldiers

Francis Branney
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Author : Francis Branney
Publisher : Chipmunkapublishing ltd
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781849914031

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DescriptionSome friends had met on the internet in a chat room many years ago, Martin the main character in the story goes back to America to meet with his Fianc e, and some of his friends. They start out on an adventure together, not knowing where it will end up. They will take you on a tour of their digital world...and into the dark side of it... About the AuthorFrancis Branney is 36 and lives with his parents in Belfast, I was born in 1974 and I have lived here most of my life. I love travelling and I have been in America, Kuala Lumpur, Philippines and Indonesia. I have loved to write since I was in secondary school, and I remember in class the Teacher asked us all to write a short story, and I did and mine was picked as the winner, ever since then I have loved writing, I love words and the inspiration that they gave me, being able to write short stories as well as poetry. Before in the past I would write short stories, read over them then delete them, thinking too myself back then, that someday I would like to become a Author, just to prove to myself that I could write and make people smile or cry in a good way, while they read my stories, to bring laughter to their hearts and tears to their eyes.

Sniper

Gina Cavallaro,Matt Larsen
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Author : Gina Cavallaro,Matt Larsen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762784325

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Heart-pounding real-life tales from the military’s most experienced snipers, the best of the best snipers in action today. Gunfights, long distance shots, stalking, and more.

Exploring Forensic Astrology

B. D. Salerno
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Author : B. D. Salerno
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781491792742

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Exploring Forensic Astrology by B. D. Salerno Pdf

Law enforcement often struggles to connect the dots to identify someone as a killer beyond a reasonable doubt. Forensic astrology can serve a much-needed civic and legal functionit helps connect dots between the crime and the perpetrator. The stars, after all, do not lie. Real crime meets astrology in this revealing book that seeks to get to the bottom of who committed the crime and why. Join the author as she aims to answer questions such as: Who murdered JonBenet Ramsey? Did Bob Crane know his killer? Was Natalie Woods death really an accident? Did Robert Blake get away with murder? Was Dr. Sam Sheppard guilty or innocent? Did Lizzie Borden act alone? Using techniques from ancient astrologers, author/astrologer B.D. Salerno analyzes these murder cases and more, sharing how forensic astrology can help us understand the nature of the crimes as well as identify the likely killers. An appendix includes information on the planets, their meanings, the zodiac signs, the essential dignities of the planets, degrees of danger, fixed stars, and more. Get to the bottom of law enforcements greatest mysteries, and discover how reading the stars can solve crimes with Exploring Forensic Astrology.

A Terrible Thunder

Peter Hernon
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Author : Peter Hernon
Publisher : Garrett County Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781891053481

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A true crime story.