The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory
- ISBN-10
- 0195161076
- ISBN-13
- 9780195161076
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Edward Tabor Linenthal
Description
Discusses how a community can recover from a disaster such as the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, analyzing American culture and the psychological aftermath of the tragedy for its victims and for the world.
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