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Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service / David S. Turk.
- Title
- Forging the star : the official modern history of the United States Marshals Service / David S. Turk.
- Author
- Turk, David S.
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2016.
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- Description
- xv, 540 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- What do diverse events such as the integration of the University of Mississippi, the federal trials of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoff a, the confrontation at Ruby Ridge, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have in common? The U.S. Marshals were instrumental in all of them. Whether pursuing dangerous felons in each of the 94 judicial districts or extraditing them from other countries; protecting federal judges, prosecutors, and witnesses from threats; transporting and maintaining prisoners and detainees; or administering the sale of assets obtained from criminal activity, the U.S. Marshals Service has adapted and overcome a mountain of barriers since their founding (on September 24, 1789) as the oldest federal law enforcement organization. In Forging the Star, historian David S. Turk lift s the fog around the agency's complex modern period. From the inside, he allows a look within the storied organization. The research and writing of this singular account took over a decade, drawn from fresh primary source material with interviews from active or retired management, deputy U.S. marshals who witnessed major events, and the administrative personnel who supported them.Forging the Star is a comprehensive official history that will answer many questions about this legendary agency -- Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Alternative Title
- Official modern history of the United States Marshals Service
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Note
- Produced jointly by United States Marshals Service and University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX.--Information from U.S. Marshall Service.
- Shipping list no.: 2016-0321-P.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-526) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781574416541
- 1574416545
- 9781574416626 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2016013241
- OCLC
- 945571216
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library