Killing McVeigh
Jody Lyneé Madeira
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Description for Killing McVeigh
Hardback. Demonstrates the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC; JHBZ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection.
In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary almost immediately turned to “closure” rhetoric. Reporters and audiences alike speculated about whether victim’s family members and survivors could get closure from memorial services, funerals, legislation, monuments, trials, and executions. But what does “closure” really mean for those who survive—or lose loved ones in—traumatic acts? In the wake of such terrifying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814796108
SKU
V9780814796108
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About Jody Lyneé Madeira
Jody Lyneé Madeira is Associate Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Reviews for Killing McVeigh
This is an important book . . . . Madeira's thoughts on closure and the workings of memory are provocative, interesting, and deserve attention.
Choice
Madeira proves a sensitive, nuanced, and empathetic witness to the painful journeys of the [Oklahoma City] survivors' and victims' families.
Contemporary Psychology
Killing McVeighconfronts us with a kind of reality that ... Read more
Choice
Madeira proves a sensitive, nuanced, and empathetic witness to the painful journeys of the [Oklahoma City] survivors' and victims' families.
Contemporary Psychology
Killing McVeighconfronts us with a kind of reality that ... Read more