Lou Michel (1)
Autor(a) de American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing
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Obras de Lou Michel
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Educação
- Buffalo State College
- Ocupação
- journalist
- Organizações
- The Buffalo News
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 199
- Popularidade
- #110,457
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 7
Some may say that this book is sympathetic to McVeigh, but I didn't find it so. The authors are clear from the outset that they do not agree with McVeigh's politics or actions. If they painted McVeigh into a two-dimensional monster, that would be a travesty, to be honest, because he was not. Almost no one is, and to say that only cold "monsters" commit crimes does a great disservice to reality and society.
Instead, the authors do a wonderful job of painting a vivid picture of McVeigh, from a teenager bothered by his parents' divorce to his stint in the Army to the lack of gainful employment to the road to building a bomb that would ultimately kill 168 people.
If you want to learn about McVeigh or more about the Oklahoma City bombing, I would highly recommend this book.… (mais)