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Author Turk, David S., author.

Title Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service / David S. Turk.

Publication Info. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2016.

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 Axe Archives Fed Docs  J 25.2:H 62/2    ---  Available
Description xv, 540 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Note Produced jointly by United States Marshals Service and University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX.--Information from U.S. Marshall Service.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-526) and index.
Contents Origins of a modern agency -- The thirties and forties: roots of disparate duties -- The fifties: signs of a coming era -- Walking in fire: the 1960s in America -- Catalysts of change -- Focal points -- End of an era -- The seventies: moving beyond civil disturbance -- The new director -- The resurgence of protective operations -- Facing protest and peril -- Regionalization, Patty Hearst and Guam -- An evolution of leadership -- The eighties: redefinition -- Strike teams and high-profile prisoners -- The development of a golden age -- Unique enforcement operations -- The U.S. Marshals improvement revolution -- The nineties: wanderlust -- The term of K. Michael Moore -- A dramatic era -- The busy season -- The changing landscape -- The new "marshall" -- The new century: renewal -- A boy named Elian -- The McKinney influence -- A time of terrorists -- Director Reyna and the aftermath of 911.
Subject United States. Marshals Service -- History.
Law enforcement -- United States -- History.
United States marshals -- History.
United States. Marshals Service. (OCoLC)fst00532830
United States marshals (OCoLC)fst01161507
Law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst00993931
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author United States. Marshals Service.
University of North Texas Press, publisher.
Added Title Official modern history of the United States Marshals Service
ISBN 9781574416541 (cloth : alk. paper)
1574416545
9781574416626 (ebook)
Gpo Item No. 0969-A-01
Sudoc No. J 25.2:H 62/2

 
    
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