The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh,leading to the January 6 insurrectionΓÇöfrom acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin. Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement. Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombingthe Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets: killing 168 people was his patriotic duty. He cited the Declaration of Independence from memory: ΓÇ£Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these endsit is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.ΓÇ¥ He had obsessively followed the siege of Waco and seethed at the imposition of President Bill ClintonΓÇÖs assault weapons ban. A self-proclaimed white separatisthe abhorred immigration and wanted women to return to traditional roles. As he watched the industrial decline of his native BuffaloMcVeigh longed for when America was great. New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin traces the dramatic history and profound legacy of Timothy McVeighwho once declaredΓÇ£I believe there is an army out thereready to rise upeven though I never found it.ΓÇ¥ But that doesnΓÇÖt mean his army wasnΓÇÖt there. With news-breaking reportageToobin details how McVeighΓÇÖs principles and tactics have flourished in the decades since his death in 2001reaching an apotheosis on January 6 when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol. Based on nearly a million previously unreleased tapesphotographsand documentsincluding detailed communications between McVeigh and his lawyersas well as interviews with such key figures as Bill ClintonHomegrown reveals how the story of Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing is not only a powerful retelling of one of the great outrages of our timebut a warning for our future.