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Title: Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War by Jim Risen, James Risen, Judy L. Thomas ISBN: 0-465-09272-1 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (8 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A good overview of the abortion wars
Comment: This book is a good, general view of the anti-abortion movement in the US in the last couple of decades, and its spiral into violence. However, I don't think we've heard the last of the violent fringe for a second.

Rating: 4
Summary: Important and flawed
Comment: These reporters who have covered the abortion wars offer a richly detailed account of the evolution of both the militant direct action organization "Operation Rescue" and the growth of antiabortion violence including bombings, arsons and murder. Antiabortion activists don't like this book it because it accurately portrays the growing crimininality of elements of the movement, and the complicity of others. Wrath of Angels is an important contribution to the literature in this field and no serious study of the politics of abortion can be considered serious without addressing the information it contains.

Even the best of books can't cover eerything, and Wrath of Angels is no exception.

One hole is the profound influence of the theocratic Christian Reconstructionist movement on the growth of the violent wing of the movement -- which Risen and Thomas give only a passing mention. Another is the absence of any mention at all of the overlap between far right militias and the violent wing of the antiabortion movement. These matters had received considerable discussion in informed circles, as well as the mainstream press well before the publication of Wrath of Angels. Fortunately, these matters are well covered by Frederick Clarkson in Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy.

Even with these flaws, Wrath of Angels is both an important work and an engaging read.

Rating: 1
Summary: Fact or Fiction?
Comment: I'm in this book and know many of the pro-life activists described. If the accuracy of the episode involving me is any judge, the book is more fiction than fact.

Painting this episode as a cloak and dagger conspiracy illustrates the bias of these authors, which is amply demonstrated throughout the book, as well as in the title itself.

My advice to potential buyers? Don't waste your time or money.