“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
“There’s no denying America was changed when the Capitol was stormed in 2021, and this is a definitive account in all the ways how. No side is left out of the narrative, which is chilling no matter your political beliefs.”
—Lindsay Powers, Amazon Editor
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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.