Ebook: Let it burn: MOVE, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Confrontation that Changed a City

"A balanced, well-written account which provides the best overall understanding of these events."—Library Journal

"Compelling."—Publishers Weekly

"A solid report from an unusual perspective."—Kirkus Reviews

"A balanced view."—Booklist

On a narrow street in a working-class neighborhood, the police are held at bay by a small band of armed radicals. Two assaults have already failed. After a morning-long battle involving machine guns, explosives, and tear gas, the radicals remain defiant. In a command post across the street from the boarded-up row house that serves as the militants' headquarters, the beleaguered police commissioner weighs his options and decides on a new plan. He will bomb the house.

Let It Burn is the true-life story of the confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the MOVE organization—a group that rejected modern technology and fought for what...