Burrough, Bryan - Közellenségek

Közellenségek takes readers to 1930s America, an era of gangsters and series of bank robberies and kidnappings. Figures familiar from films, including Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger and the Barker brothers, became nationally notorious during this period. Police killings, the Kansas City massacre, prison riots and successful escapes made it necessary for United States investigators to pursue criminals at the federal level, moving from state to state.

The FBI, already in existence, developed during this time into the effective organisation known today.

This historical book presents in detail the most significant criminals of the period and the fight against them, a struggle that permanently changed the American system of law enforcement.