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Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service
- Title
- Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service / David S. Turk, Historian, U.S. Marshals Service .
- Author
- Turk, David S.
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 540 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-526) 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-10907
- ISBN
- 9781574416541
- 1574416545
- LCCN
- 2016013241
- OCLC
- 945571216
- Author
- Turk, David S., author.
- Title
- Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service / David S. Turk, Historian, U.S. Marshals Service .
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-526) and index.
- Gpo Item No.
- 0969-A-01
- Sudoc No.
- J 25.2:H 62/2
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-10907