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The Turning Point: A Personal Account of the "Freemen" Standoff

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Scott McMahan Bowman. It is an account of the 1996 F.B.I./ Freemen standoff in Justus Township, Montana that is presented in Turning Point. This book may be summed up by these words:

Suspicious, superstitious, scurrilous, scotoma, sensitive, subjective, sacrifice.

Turning Point was after all Scott Bowman's personal recollection of the Montana Freemen's (Sovereigns) standoff which would explain the high dose of subjectivity throughout the book. At great sacrifice this report was obtained. Due, however, to limited vantage point, it discolors the perspective, as scotoma would one's physical vision. Hence, the comments regarding many the people involved in the saga are painted in terms exuding his suspicions of them as being "Feds." Most likely the suspicious aspects of the militia coming forth from the pages are both his personal, as well as, the practical, assessment of that stressful deadlock with the federal government and those who had even dared to challenge it. Scott is obviously very sensitive for the cause of liberty. The downside of that sensitivity, which evidences his subjectivity, is that Scott manifest a very superstitious attitude. Seeing various turn of events as signs of either good or bad indicate that superstitious nature. At times, Scott comes off outright scurrilous in relating the events about those whom he distrusted. Whether events prior to those which are described in the book or because of them, there is a sour spirit that surfaces. In spite of everything, this medium sized volume serves one, as would field binoculars on a field of battle, to view the arena of the ongoing struggle for liberty in America. To that end it has its merit.

As Pastor of the Eternal Grace Baptist Church, I would urge you to read it.