Diana: the making of a terrorist
by Thomas Powers
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The story of Diana Oughton of Dwight, Illinois. In the 1960s she became involved student political groups such as the Students for a Democratic Society and the Weatherman. She was killed when trying to plant a bomb in New York City.Tags
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I LOVE this book, i read it years ago and it is still fresh in my mind. A great book that captures a tumultuous time. Very thought provoking and memorable. While reading i was able to feel the emotions of the players involved and get a real idea of what they were experiencing. This book is a need to read for anyone who wants to learn more about the era of the 60s, or the weathermen. This book captures both innocence and violence and shows the transition between the two.
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Thomas Powers is the author of The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA (1979), Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb (1993), and The Confirmation (2000), a novel. He won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1971 and has contributed to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, Harper's, show more The Nation, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone. show less
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- Canonical title
- Diana: the making of a terrorist
- Original publication date
- 1971
- People/Characters
- Diana Oughton; Bill Ayers
- Dedication
- For Susan Moore Powers and Joshua Bryant Powers
- First words
- Shortly before noon on Friday, March 6, 1970, an explosion tore through the front wall of a century-old red-brick townhouse on a quiet, tree-lined street in New York City.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It is not hard to imagine there will continue to be Weathermen loyal to her memory, who will go on bombing in her name.
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- Genres
- Sociology, Nonfiction, Anthropology, Teen, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 301.6 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Formerly: Social conflict and accommodation
- LCC
- HX84 .O8 .P6 — Social sciences Socialism. Communism. Anarchism Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
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