A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Mass Murders - Softcover

Lavergne, Gary M.

 
9781574410297: A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Mass Murders
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1574410296 ISBN 13: 9781574410297
Verlag: UNIV OF NORTH TEXAS PR, 1997

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. In addition to promoting the rise of S.W.A.T. teams to respond to future crises, the murders spawned debates over issues which still plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gary M. Lavergne earned degrees from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and McNeese University. He divides his time between Cedar Park and Austin, Texas, where he is a Senior Assessment Associate for a major educational testing company. His articles have appeared in regional and national historical journals.

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. During the previous evening he had killed his wife and mother, bringing the total to sixteen people dead and at least thirty-one wounded. The murders spawned debates over issues which still plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, gun control, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety.

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Verlag
UNIV OF NORTH TEXAS PR
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1574410296
ISBN 13 
9781574410297
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Anzahl der Seiten
324
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