In 1993, David Koresh and a band of heavily armed evangelical Christians took on the might of the US government. A two-month siege of their compound in Waco, Texas, ended in a firefight that killed seventy-six, including twenty-five children. Kevin Cook finally provides the full story of what happened at Waco.
... a fast, taut read ... Cook... ably [links] 1993 to today when it comes to the rise of the far right, but I was left wishing [he] had pulled harder on some remaining threads ... Cook... [takes] care to portray Koresh’s followers with humanity and empathy while not ignoring the uglinesses of life in the community.
... impressively researched and written with storytelling verve ... Mr. Cook tells the story mostly from the Davidians’ viewpoint ... [notes] the rise of militia movements in the years after Waco.
