Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

The book "Waco" is a definitive account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen documents, photographs, and interviews from former investigative reporter and bestselling author Jeff Guinn. It reveals how David Koresh directly based his End Time prophecies on the writings of a previous "prophet" and how the raid commanders made poor decisions that led to the deadly confrontation. The book also provides fresh information about why the FBI agent in charge chose to end the siege with the use of CS gas and documents the direct links between the Branch Davidian tragedy and the modern militia movement.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 16 February 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

The definitive account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen documents, photographs, and interviews, from former investigative reporter and bestselling author Jeff Guinn.

Waco: A New Perspective on the 1993 Tragedy breaks new ground that will change the perception of the dramatic events that happened in Waco, Texas, in 1993. Among other revelations, the book shows how David Koresh directly based his famous End Time prophecies on the writings of a previous "prophet" laying claim to the name Koresh—Cyrus Teed, in Fort Myers, Florida, in the late 1890s.

More than a dozen former ATF agents who participated in the initial February 28, 1993 raid on Mount Carmel speak for the first time on the record about the poor decisions of their raid commanders that led to this deadly confrontation. They also provided Guinn with documents and photographs that have never been published. An FBI agent/analyst who was involved in the fifty-one-day siege offers fresh information about why the FBI agent in charge chose to end the siege with the use of CS gas and about a failed FBI cover-up afterward. There is also documentation of the direct links between the Branch Davidian tragedy and the modern militia movement in America—notorious conspiracist Alex Jones is a part of the Waco story.

Jeff Guinn puts you right alongside the ATF agents as they embarked on the disastrous initial assault, unaware that the Davidians knew they were coming and were armed and prepared to resist—which the agents had been told would not happen. Drawing on new eyew.

on eyewitness accounts, Jeff Guinn again does what he did with his bestselling books about Charles Manson and Jim Jones, shedding new light on a story that everyone thinks they know.

Weight: 588g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982186104