{"product_id":"dont-shoot-gmen-9781476684406","title":"Dont Shoot GMen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepression-Era Gangs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrefac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. \"A bureaucratic bastard\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Public Enemies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. \"Get 'Em Up! Up!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Cops and Robbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Open Season\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Trials and Errors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Shoot on Sight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Wanted Dead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Melvin Who?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Old Creepy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Mopping Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Scorched Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Redacting History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040489177431,"sku":"9781476684406","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476684406.jpg?v=1750946912","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dont-shoot-gmen-9781476684406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}