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True crime: an American anthology
By Harold Schechter. 2008
Selection of American crime reporting that spans three centuries, from Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford's description of a seventeenth-century hanging…
to Dominick Dunne's 2001 account of the Menendez brothers' patricide. Traces cultural shifts in true-crime writing, from its religious origins to its commercialization and sensationalization. Violence and strong language. 2008The occupation of Iraq: winning the war, losing the peace
By Ali A Allawi. 2007
Allawi, in exile for over 30 years, returned in 2003 to serve in the post-war Iraqi government. Although recognizing the…
deep roots of Iraq's internal strife and the extent to which the American invasion destroyed the fragile equilibrium holding the nation together under Saddam, Allawi emphasizes the more proximate causes of Iraq's decline, cataloguing dozens of missed opportunities and unintended consequences amid a culture of confusion, corruption, and administrative complacency. Some descriptions of violence. c2007.Sons of Mississippi: a story of race and its legacy
By Paul Hendrickson. 2003
Using interviews, archival materials, and a thought-provoking 1962 Life magazine picture of seven white lawmen preparing for integration of the…
University of Mississippi, a prize-winning journalist examines the life of each photographed man and of his offspring to determine whose racial attitudes have changed and whose remain untouched. 2003A G-man's life: the FBI, being "Deep Throat", and the struggle for honor in Washington
By John O'Connor, Mark Felt, W. Mark Felt. 2006
The author, the FBI's second in command after the death of J. Edgar Hoover, draws from his memoirs, correspondence, and…
memos to reconstruct his long career with the agency. With the help of his lawyer John O'Connor, Felt describes his work, role in the Watergate affair, and personal tragedies. 2006Hunting Eric Rudolph
By Charles Stone, Henry Schuster. 2005
Reconstructs the five-year hunt for Eric Rudolph, the prime suspect in the 1996 Summer Olympics bombing. Follows the police investigation…
as Rudolph hides in the North Carolina mountains and continues his crime spree by attacking two abortion clinics and a gay nightclub. Violence and strong language. 2005Between good and evil: a master profiler's hunt for society's most violent predators
By Roger L. Depue, Susan Schindehette. 2005
Autobiography of the former head of FBI behavioral sciences unit, which profiles serial killers. Describing his career, Dupue covers law…
enforcement, infamous cases, and post-retirement consulting work. Relates entering a Catholic seminary upon his wife's death and eventually counseling prisoners. Violence and strong language. 2005My FBI: bringing down the Mafia, investigating Bill Clinton, and fighting the War on Terror
By Louis J. Freeh, Howard Means. 2005
Former FBI director (1993-2001) describes his career as an FBI agent, federal prosecutor, and judge. Criticizes the Clinton administration's policies…
and response to the 1996 terrorist bombing at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. Asserts that President Clinton's numerous personal scandals distracted the Bureau from other investigations. Bestseller. 2005The saboteurs: the Nazi raid on America
By Michael Dobbs. 2004
Washington Post reporter describes Operation Pastorius, the first German sabotage mission to reach U.S. shores. Having researched FBI archives, the…
author describes Hitler's 1942 plan to cripple American defense industries. Discusses saboteurs' background and training; their FBI capture, trial, and execution; and precedents set for handling terrorists. 2004Double deal: the inside story of murder, unbridled corruption, and the cop who was a mobster
By Bettina Giancana, Sam Giancana, Michael Corbitt. 2003
An account of the author's rise within the Chicago Mafia's ranks from the late 1950s through the 1980s, his career…
as a policeman while on the mob's payroll, and his eventual imprisonment. Provides insider view of the Mafia's connections to politicians, federal agencies, and foreign governments. Violence and strong language. 2003Down by the river: drugs, money, murder, and family
By Charles Bowden. 2002
Journalist reconstructs the 1995 murder of Lionel Bruno Jordan in El Paso, Texas, and the subsequent search for the truth…
by his DEA-agent brother. The trail leads to hypocrisy and corruption as Bowden implicates Mexico and the United States as willing partners in the drug trade. Violence and some strong language. 2002Spy: the inside story of how the FBI's Robert Hanssen betrayed America
By David Wise. 2002
Details the life and career of FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen, who spied for the Russians for more than twenty…
years. Uses interviews with Hanssen's colleagues, family, and psychiatrist to ascertain the motives behind his betrayal. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Journalist explores the lives of Randy and Vicki Weaver and the influences that led them from Christian fundamentalism to white…
supremacy. Describes the family's 1992 standoff with federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho; the actions of the U.S. Justice Department; and the subsequent investigation. Some violence and some strong language. 1995The bureau: the secret history of the FBI
By Ronald Kessler. 2002
Comprehensive history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from its beginning in 1908 through the September 11, 2001, World Trade…
Center and Pentagon attacks and the war on terrorism. Assesses the bureau's failures and accomplishments, including the Watergate scandal and the Waco disaster. By the author of The FBI (DB 37795). Some strong language. 2002Black mass: the Irish mob, the FBI, and a devil's deal
By Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill. 2000
Investigative journalists expose FBI corruption. In 1975 Boston FBI agent John Connolly began using Irish mobster Jim "Whitey" Bulger as…
an informant. Though Bulger committed outrageous crimes, the state police and federal drug agents were never able to get a conviction, and authorities became suspicious of a fix. Violence and strong language. 2000Cold zero: inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team
By Christopher Whitcomb. 2001
Memoir by an FBI special agent. Describes his rigorous training and early missions investigating bank robberies, drug busts, and crank…
phone calls of Martian kidnapping. He joins the Hostage Rescue Team as a sniper and is involved at Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Kosovo. Violence and strong language. 2001NYPD: a city and its police
By James Lardner, Thomas Reppetto, Thomas A. Reppetto. 2000
New York City's police department from the 1820s to the late twentieth century. Describes the force as the oldest in…
America and the model upon which others have been patterned. Examines the NYPD's relationship with inner-city residents and looks at headline stories from the 1990s involving accusations of torture and wrongful death. 2000Serpico
By Peter Maas, Frank Serpico. 1997
The suspense-filled biography of Frank Serpico, the New York City plainclothesman whose undercover work and testimony on police corruption triggered…
the formation of the New York Knapp Commission. Strong language. 1973The lost son: a life in pursuit of justice
By Bernard B Kerik, Bernard B. Kerik. 2001
Autobiography of the commissioner of the New York City police department. Describes growing up tough in New Jersey, his stint…
in the military, investigating his mother's murder, and his career in the NYPD. Afterword deals with the terrorist events of September 11, 2001. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2001Tainting evidence: inside the scandals at the FBI crime lab
By John F Kelly, John Kelly, Phillip Wearne, John F. Kelly. 1998
Reviews the FBI's crime laboratory and challenges the reliability of its forensic work. Cites ineptness in solving several notable criminal…
cases including those associated with O.J. Simpson, the Unabomber, Ruby Ridge crisis, the World Trade Center bombing, and the Oklahoma City bombingThe great adventure: how the Mounties conquered the West
By David Cruise, Allison Griffiths. 1997
Recounts the origins and early years of the North West Mounted Police (later, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Chronicles the…
Great March of 1874, when the Mounties trekked 900 miles to pacify Indian territory, end the whiskey trade, patrol the border, and establish Canadian law in the frontier. Based on diaries and first-hand accounts. Violence