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Columbine
by Dave Cullen
Incredible! I learned so much about this event that I didn't know or had completely wrong, thanks to the several fallacies perpetuated by the media. It is presented in an interesting, readable, balanced way that shows all sides to the events. The author sifted through a stunning amount of material, between interviews, police reports, the killers' journals, and much, much more to glean as much truth as possible out of a story full of muddled facts, distortions, cover-ups and lies—some of which weren't even intentional.
I was shocked to discover just how much I didn't know, particularly concerning the multitude of failed bombs (can you imagine how many more people would have died? Horrifying!!) and the number of advance warnings which, had they been put together or acted on just a little differently, might have avoided the massacre altogether.
I very much appreciated the fact that after discussing it all to such lengths that the shootings almost seem "normal," Dave Cullen spends the next to last chapter giving a medically detailed description of the killers' final minutes (among the bodies of several classmates) that it completely reinforces the horror and tragedy of the event. You don't walk away desensitized.
I'd definitely read other books by Dave Cullen and have been recommending this one to everyone I know.
I was shocked to discover just how much I didn't know, particularly concerning the multitude of failed bombs (can you imagine how many more people would have died? Horrifying!!) and the number of advance warnings which, had they been put together or acted on just a little differently, might have avoided the massacre altogether.
I very much appreciated the fact that after discussing it all to such lengths that the shootings almost seem "normal," Dave Cullen spends the next to last chapter giving a medically detailed description of the killers' final minutes (among the bodies of several classmates) that it completely reinforces the horror and tragedy of the event. You don't walk away desensitized.
I'd definitely read other books by Dave Cullen and have been recommending this one to everyone I know.