Homegrown - Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of far-right terrorist Timothy McVeigh, including the January 6th insurrection.

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From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of far-right terrorist Timothy McVeigh, including the January 6th insurrection.

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a traumatic event for the US, stunned by the homegrown terrorism and senseless deaths. A veteran of the Gulf War, McVeigh longed to overthrow the government. 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, McVeigh longed for when America was great.

Ever since fascination for Timothy McVeigh has grown over the years.

McVeigh's incendiary principles are exemplified by the paramilitary wing of the conservative movement, which thrived during Trump's presidency. Toobin reveals how McVeigh's values and tactics have flourished in the decades since his death, reaching an apotheosis on January 6th w hen hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol.

With unparalleled access to hundreds of unreleased documents and tapes, Toobin chronicles the nation's descent into white supremacy and political violence, tracing the parallels between McVeigh's desire to "make America great again" and the rioters who launched an insurrection on the Capitol.

Based on nearly a million previously unreleased tapes, photographs, and documents, Homegrown reveals how the story of Timothy McVeigh is not only a glimpse of the past but a warning for our shared future.

Rezension:

"Toobin provides the most authoritative and compelling history of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to date. But what makes it such a gripping read is how Toobin puts the attack in context of an extremist, anti-government movement that has accelerated in the Internet age and eventually led to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol....His account of the bombing serves as a warning sign as much as it does a history of that legacy."
- The Associated Press

"Homegrown repeatedly draws a 'direct line'.. between the Oklahoma City bombing and the insurrection on Jan. 6... Intriguing."
- The New York Times

"Probing."
- The New Yorker

"The definitive book on McVeigh's continuing legacy. This book serves as a wake-up call to the ongoing extremist threat...Though McVeigh was executed in 2001, Homegrown shows that his story is very much a story for today....Toobin carefully maps the road that leads from McVeigh to MAGA, January 6, and the right-wing ext remism and violence we see today."
- The Texas Observer

"Extraordinary....A terrific reporter with legal expertise and a knack for vivid storytelling....Much of Homegrown reads like a Jack Kerouac novel..."
-The Chicago Sun-Times

"Brilliantly researched and argued....Toobin's journalistic assessment of McVeigh and his paranoid style of politics generates an inescapable conclusion: The problem is getting worse....The bad news from Toobin's remarkable work is that as long as the right wing fails to get its way, violence and threats against democracy and the people it is intended to represent will continue at the hand of Timothy McVeigh's ideological heirs."
-Washington Monthly

"The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection."
- Next Big Idea Club