The Strength of the Wolf
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The Strength of the Wolf

The Secret History of America's War on Drugs

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eBook - ePub

The Strength of the Wolf

The Secret History of America's War on Drugs

About this book

The Strength of the Wolf is the first complete history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–1968). Working undercover around the globe, the FBN's charismatic "case-making" agents penetrated the Mafia and its French connection. In the process, however, they uncovered the national security establishment's ties to organized crime. Victims of their freewheeling methods and unparalleled success in hunting down society's predators, the agents were ultimately targeted for destruction by the FBI and CIA. Based largely on interviews with case-making agents, The Strength of the Wolf provides a new, exciting, and revealing chapter in American history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Cast of Main Characters
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Birth of a Bureau
  9. 2. The Commissioner and His Clique
  10. 3. Anslinger’s Angst
  11. 4. Inside the FBN
  12. 5. God’s Work
  13. 6. Creating a Crime
  14. 7. Continental Capers
  15. 8. The Beirut Office
  16. 9. The Secret Policeman
  17. 10. True Detectives
  18. 11. St. Michael’s Sergeant at Arms
  19. 12. Gangbusters
  20. 13. Anglophiles and Francophobes
  21. 14. A Shoofly in the Ointment
  22. 15. The Magic Button
  23. 16. Making the Mafia
  24. 17. Aggravating Edgar: Bobby Kennedy and the FBN
  25. 18. The French Connection
  26. 19. Valachi
  27. 20. The FBN and the Assassination of JFK
  28. 21. No Innocents Abroad
  29. 22. The Eve of Destruction
  30. 23. The New French Connection
  31. 24. The New Barbarians
  32. 25. The Law of the Jungle
  33. 26. Golden Triangle Enterprises
  34. 27. My Only Friend
  35. 28. Andy’s Gang
  36. Epilogue
  37. Appendix
  38. Notes