“A gripping, fast-paced account… The result reads like a surreal nightmare… [and] captures the overwhelming panic and fear… It’s a sobering rebuke of those who downplay the deadly serious intent of the January 6 attack.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“A document of central concern to all those concerned with the future of American democracy.”
—Kirkus, Starred Review
“She gives us an hour-by-hour recap of what happened in the words of those who were there — on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the barricades. This breadth of perspectives is what gives the book its strength.”
―Washington Independent Review of Books
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In STORM AT THE CAPITOL: An Oral History of January 6th (PublicAffairs), Mary Clare Jalonick presents a definitive and unbiased account of the hours leading up to, during, and just after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Drawing on original interviews, key documents, and never-before published transcripts and oral histories, Jalonick documents the astonishing chain of events as told by the rioters; the police who fought them; the lawmakers who fled the violence; and the staff, workers, and reporters who were there that day, including Jalonick herself.
Timed for the five-year anniversary of the event, STORM AT THE CAPITOL paints the most vivid, terrifying and human portrait yet of the January 6th attack.