Revelation at Waco: FBI Meets the Apocalypse

Abstract

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used armored vehicles to pump tear gas into David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on 19 April 1993: Yoresh reacted by igniting a firestorm which consumed 85 lives (including 24 children). An examination of the 51-day stand-off between Koresh and the FBI and its tragic ending using Allison's organizational process and governmental politics models helps explain how decisions were made and why alternate strategies were not employed (Allison, p. 67-96, 144-184).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA440875

Entities

People

  • Roy I. Apseloff
  • Tammen
  • Winnie Joshua

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Attorneys
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Criminals
  • Federal Law
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Police
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tear Gas
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.