A Journey to Waco: Autobiography of a Branch Davidian

Clive Doyle

doi:10.5771/9781442208872

Summary

Nearly twenty years after they happened, the ATF and FBI assaults on the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas remain the most deadly law enforcement action on American soil. The raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents on February 28, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians, precipitated a 51-day siege conducted by the FBI. The FBI tank and gas assault on the residence at Mount Carmel Center on April 19 culminated in a fire that killed 53 adults and 23 children, with only nine survivors. In A Journey to Waco, survivor Clive Doyle not only takes readers inside the tragic fire and its aftermath, but he also tells the larger story of how and why he joined the Branch Davidians, how the Branch Davidian community developed, and the status of survivors.

While the media and official reports painted one picture of the Branch Davidians and the two assaults, A Journey to Waco shares a much more personal account of the ATF raid, the siege, and the final assault that details events unreported by the media.A Journey to Waco presents what the Branch Davidians believed and introduces readers to the community’s members, including David Koresh. A Journey to Waco is a personal account of one man’s journey with the Branch Davidians, through the tragic fire, and beyond.

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Copyright Year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-0885-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-0887-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 266
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
A Short Introduction to the Branch Davidians and Clive Doyle No access Pages 1 - 8
Ch01. Telling My Story and the Story of the Branch Davidians No access Pages 9 - 10
Ch02. From Australia to Texas—Meeting the Branch Davidians No access Pages 11 - 38
Ch03. Living with the Branch Davidians No access Pages 39 - 74
Ch04. Branch Davidian Theology No access Pages 75 - 98
Photospread No access Pages B1 - R1
Ch05. The Mount Carmel Conflict No access Pages 99 - 162
Ch06. Jail, Two Trials, and Changes at Mount Carmel No access Pages 163 - 180
Ch07. Survivors of the Siege—Where We Are Today No access Pages 181 - 188
Appendix. Reconstructing Mount Carmel Center No access Pages 189 - 198
Notes No access Pages 199 - 242
Works Cited No access Pages 243 - 248
Index No access Pages 249 - 264
About the Authors No access Pages 265 - 266