At 9:02 AM on Wednesday April 19, 1995, two tons of explosives ripped apart the federal building in Oklahoma City and the psyche of America. The worst case of domestic terrorism in our history, this explosion killed 169 men, women and children. The author of this book has written, "If [this book] had been available to the general public ... the Oklahoma bombing would not have come as such a surprise. " It has been considered by the Justice Department and other government agencies as the bible of right-wing militia groups, and the FBI believes it provided the blue print for the Oklahoma City bombing.