试读分享|《黑帮猎手 胡佛的密探如何消灭美国最致命的公敌》(Gangster Hunters)John Oller
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Gangster Hunters: How Hoover’s G-men Vanquished America’s Deadliest Public Enemies
by John Oller
《黑帮猎手 胡佛的密探如何消灭美国最致命的公敌》
约翰·奥勒
——约翰·奥勒(John Oller)将读者带入20世纪30年代最惨烈、最具影响的突袭行动中,通过快节奏的行动,展现了双方为获胜而不惜一切代价的决心。
J. 埃德加·胡佛是联邦调查局的代言人。但是,在实地工作的联邦探员们以自己的生命为赌注,坚持不懈地追捕20世纪30年代最臭名昭著的黑帮分子,真正改变了联邦调查局。
1932 年,联邦调查局对谋杀案没有管辖权,也不能追查银行抢劫或绑架案,更没有逮捕权。
联邦调查局被置于局外,主要调查公司的不法行为,如银行欺诈和违反反托拉斯法。探员们终日伏案工作。
但这一切在1933年开始并持续到1936年的反犯罪战争中发生了改变。年轻的探员们刚从法学院毕业,期待着一份安静的白领工作,却要面对全副武装、身着防弹背心、拥有比联邦调查局最好的车辆还要多的汽车的杀人重犯。
但是,这些联邦人员对调查局、对彼此,以及对将美国头号通缉犯绳之以法都倾注了极大的热忱。密探(G-men)纵横美国,追捕约翰·迪林杰、邦妮和克莱德、马·巴克犯罪家族、娃娃脸尼尔森和帅哥弗洛伊德等人。但他们总是慢了一步,晚了一步,罪犯从他们的指缝间溜走,留下一地尸体。面对越来越多的批评,特工们不得不学会适应。毕竟,这关系到的不仅仅是他们的声誉。
目 录
献辞
地图
作者注释
序言:“几乎是大男孩”
第一部分 上战场(1933 年)
1.抢夺团伙
2.“珀维斯先生,你说的火腿是什么意思?”
3.像罗宾汉一样的帽兜
4.漫漫长夜
5.浴血奋战
6.“他们通过了文件”
7.找到天堂
8.“辉煌的结局”
9.挣脱束缚
10.“是米勒!”
第二部分 抓住他们的人 (1934)
11.太阳太大
12.受害者的责任
13.跨越卢比孔河
14.新的犯罪伙伴
15.“这些聚会神秘而可疑聚会”
16.“再见,比莉”
17.最黑暗的时刻
18.我们所拥有的只是“匪帮莫尔斯”
19.“制止不法行为”
20.多线作战
21.“军官们不希望活捉任何一个人”
22.演员变化
23.“再一次进入突破口”
24.“好人的帮助”
25.“我们是今天的英雄”
26.“我清空了枪”
27.新的领导
第三部分 赢得战争(1935-1936)
28.就是这里
29.他到底在哭什么?
30.拖地
31.猎杀卡皮斯
32.我们是 密探(G-Men)
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缩略语
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部分书目
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关于作者
J. Edgar Hoover was the face of the FBI. But the federal agents in the field, relentlessly chasing the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s with their own lives on the line, truly transformed the Bureau.In 1932, the FBI lacked jurisdiction over murder cases. It also could not pursue bank robberies or kidnappings, and it had no power of arrest. Relegated to the sidelines, the Bureau mostly investigated corporate wrongdoing, such as bank fraud and antitrust violations. Agents spent their days at their desks. But all of that changed during the War on Crime, which began in 1933 and lasted until 1936. Hunting down infamous public enemies in tense, frequently blood-soaked shootouts, the Bureau was thrust into the front pages for the first time.Young agents, fresh out of law school and anticipating a quiet, white-collar job, faced off with murderous felons who were heavily armed, clad in bulletproof vests, and owned cars that outraced the best vehicles the Bureau had. But the federal men were fiercely devoted–to the Bureau, to each other, and to bringing America’s most wanted criminals to justice.The G-men crisscrossed the United States in pursuit of the likes of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker’s criminal family, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. But they were always one step behind and a moment too late, the criminals slipping between their fingers and leaving bodies in their wake. Facing mounting criticism, the agents had to learn to adapt. After all, more than their reputations were at stake. John Oller transports readers right to the most harrowing and consequential raids of the 1930s, with fast-paced action that shows the lengths both sides will go to win.