A deeply, deeply scary book but absolutely fascinating if you’re into parapolitics and the machinations of the covert state in America. Combined with some of the PTSD and violence from that war (the scope of which I never knew - the Gulf War was merely a footnote in American education), it's no wonder how thousands of soldiers came away sick and confused, untrusting and destabilized. Rather than taking a concrete stance on McVeigh and if he was really a lone wolf or not, Painting presents all the possible facts and lets the reader draw their own conclusion. A legitimately great read for anyone who considers themselves a conspiracy theorist or for anyone who is interested in conspiracy theories as a cultural phenomenon. Do yourself a favor and immerse yourself in the vibrant PAINFULLY DETAILED world Wendy Painting has blessed the world with.

Instead she improbably tries to maintain five theories at once, largely because, despite the more fantastical schizoid ideations tellingly lacking in tangible evidence, she can not bring herself to simply cast them aside.While there, he, along with several other undergraduate students, became a subject for psychological tests conducted by a former interrogator for the WWII intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) – Henry Murray. Included among this growing family of Lone Nuts was twenty-two year old Arthur Bremer whose attempt to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace with a . also w/r/t literary merit it weirdly reminded me of the nick tosches bio of dean martin, where it takes a central subject (mcveigh in this case) who is just a total black hole, an unknowable void of contradictions, and builds a book out of everything surrounding him to explain capital-A America. These individuals included, among others, former FBI agent GuyBannister, CIA asset David Ferrie and local businessman Clay Shaw.

That same year, he began teaching geometry and calculus courses at the University of California, Berkeley. For example - forced medication and exposure to toxic gasses during the Gulf War led to long-term nerve damage in thousands of soldiers, not to mention all the Iraqis who were victims of the USA's attack. I would respect that last element if she ever took the time to isolate a narrative and outline a thesis. While this is a book about McVeigh, it also takes you on various detours that not only tie back to its main character, but stand alone as incredible writing on their respective topics.In 1962, at the age of twenty, Kaczynski graduated from Harvard and enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Michigan, where he earned a PhD in mathematics.