Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City is a riveting account of one of the deadliest acts of terrorism on American soil combining groundbreaking investigative research with a thrilling and true conspiracy story that has implications for national security and law enforcement today.April 19 1995: Timothy McVeigh drove into downtown Oklahoma City in a rented Ryder truck containing a fertilizer bomb that he and his army buddy Terry Nichols had made the previous day. He parked hopped out of the truck and walked away. Shortly after 9:00 a.m. the bomb obliterated one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people including 19 infants and toddlers.Weaving together key elements of personal correspondence with co-defendant Terry Nichols hundreds of hours of interviews and thousands of government documents Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed—and Why It Still Matters by investigative reporter Andrew Gumbel and retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Roger G. Charles is a riveting piece of journalism and a cautionary tale for our times.