Very Special Agents: The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law Enforcement Agency-The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

by James Moore

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When James Moore joined the ATF in 1960, it was an arm of the Internal Revenue Service with one job: to catch the Mafia bootleggers whose distilleries cheated Uncle Sam of millions in tax revenue. During his twenty-five years of service, Moore saw the organization shift to enforcing of gun laws, be reborn as a separate bureau, and take on bombings and arson cases that most law officers wrote off as impossible to solve.

Moore's personal, from-the-hip...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252070259

ISBN13:9780252070259

Release Date:August 2001

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 7.8"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criminal Law Criminology Law Enforcement Leaders & Notable People Political Political Science

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