Don't Shoot, G-Men! : The FBI Crime War, 1933-1939.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Corrupt practices--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Other Title:

Don't Shoot, G-Men!

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"Between 1933 and 1939, the FBI pursued an aggressive, highly publicized nationwide campaign against a succession of Depression era "public enemies," including John Dillinger, George "Baby Face" Nelson, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, and the Ma Barker Gang. Bureau Director J. Edgar Hoover's successes in this crusade made him the hero of law and order in the public mind. This historical analysis reveals the agency's often illegal tactics, including torture, frame-ups, and summary executions--later expanded throughout Hoover's 48-year reign in Washington, D.C., and exposed only after his death (some say murder) in 1972"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

­Depression-Era Gangs

Preface

1. "A bureaucratic bastard"

2. Public Enemies

3. "Get 'Em Up! Up!"

4. Cops and Robbers

5. Open Season

6. Trials and Errors

7. Shoot on Sight

8. Wanted Dead

9. Melvin Who?

10. Old Creepy

11. Mopping Up

12. Scorched Earth

13. Redacting History

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4533-7

OCLC:

1273675186