bombing investigation

Surveys events surrounding the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building and scrutinizes the investigation by federal authorities.

Describes the history, activities, equipment, and special training of SWAT teams and bomb squads.

This book examines the careers available in the field of explosive detection/defusing, discussing the necessary education, training, and on-the-job duties.

Describes the investigation of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City and the prosecution of the guilty party.

Describes the terrorist attack on the USS Cole, a destroyer whose UN mission was to patrol the northern Persian Gulf, as well as the aftermath, investigation, and context of the bombing.

Focuses on the responsibilities of bomb squad officers and looks at the experiences of Timothy Hajj, an officer in Newark, New Jersey.

Details the events surrounding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center as well as the investigation and trial of those responsible for the terrorist attack.

Examines the ways in which explosive experts investigate terrorist bombings, describing the technology that has become available to help track down a bomber.

Examines the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls and severely injured another; and describes the efforts by the FBI and other investigators to bring the guilty persons to justice four decades later.

An account of the 1963 KKK bombing of a church in Birmingham in which four African-American girls were killed, discussing the FBI's failure to solve the crime, and examining the efforts of Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley to win justice--finally convicting one man in 1977.