Days of Rage: America’s Radical Underground, the FBI, and the First Age of Terror by Bryan Burrough
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
When history, even relatively recent history, is written well it can be spellbinding and Bryan Burrough’s Days of Rage enthralls from the very first page. This detailed account of America’s homegrown terrorist groups, anarchists and radical movements breathes new life into the confusing and misunderstood passions of the Sixties and Seventies, an era which spawned an interconnected mesh of underground criminals determined to foment chaos in this country.
Burrough’s studied account brings context and order to a confusing and co-mingled cast of characters willing to rob, bomb, kidnap and murder in order to spark revolution. This well-researched chronicle takes the reader underground into safe houses, bomb making facilities and crime scenes following radicals as they plan and execute their destructive schemes. It also trails investigators, policemen and FBI agents, as they hunt down criminals, using every trick in the book, including breaking laws themselves.
Days of Rage is a rare piece of history. It informs and entertains. Highly recommended!
Russ Gregory 