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An edition of 90 Church (2013)

90 Church

the true story of the narcotics squad from hell

  • 1 Want to read

From 1950 through the late 1960s, America feared two great enemies: Communism and illegal drugs. While the espionage stories have been well publicised, the war against drugs was far more violent and has remained mostly secret.

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Publisher
Virgin
Language
English
Pages
423

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90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad
2020, Picador
in English
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90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad
2015, Picador
in English
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90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad
Jun 02, 2015, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks
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Cover of: 90 Church
90 Church: inside America's notorious first narcotics squad
2015
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Cover of: 90 Church
90 Church: the true story of the narcotics squad from hell
2013, Virgin
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

Published in
London
Other Titles
Ninety Church

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.2092
Library of Congress
HV7911

The Physical Object

Pagination
423 pages
Number of pages
423

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28419925M
Internet Archive
90churchtruestor0000unke
ISBN 10
075354072X, 1448131626
ISBN 13
9780753540725, 9781448131624
OCLC/WorldCat
822959301

Work Description

"MAD MEN MEETS THE WIRE IN THIS GRIPPING TRUE-CRIME MEMOIR BY A FORMER AGENT AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS IN 1960s NEW YORK Before Nixon famously declared a "war on drugs," there was the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. New York City in the mid-1960s: The war in Vietnam was on the nation's tongue--but so is something else. Clandestine and chaotic, but equally ruthless, the agents of the Bureau were feared by the Mafia, dealers, pimps, prostitutes--anyone who did his or her business on the streets. With few rules and almost no oversight, the battle-hardened agents of the bureau were often more vicious than the criminals they chased. Agent Dean Unkefer was a naive kid with notions of justice and fair play when he joined up. But all that quickly changes once he gets thrown into the lion's den of 90 Church, the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, where he is shocked to see the agents he revered are often more like thugs than lawmen. When he finally gets the chance to prove his mettle by going undercover in the field, the lines become increasingly blurred. As he spirals into the hell of addiction and watches his life become a complex balancing act of lies and half-truths, he begins to wonder what side he is really on. 90 Church is both the unbelievable memoir of one man's confrontation with the dark corners of the human experience and a fascinating window into a little-known time in American history. Learn the story of the agents who make the DEA look like choirboys"--

"Before Nixon famously declared a "war on drugs," there was the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. New York City in the mid-1960s. Free love is sweeping the nation--but so is something else. Clandestine and chaotic, but equally ruthless, the agents of the bureau were feared by the Mafia, dealers, pimps, prostitutes--anyone who did their business on the streets. With few rules and almost no oversight, the battle-hardened agents of the bureau were often more vicious than the criminals they chased. Agent Dean Unkefer was a naive kid with notions of justice and fair play when he joined up. But all that quickly changes once he gets thrown into the lion's den of 90 Church, the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, where he is shocked to see the agents he revered are often more like thugs than lawmen. When he finally gets the chance to prove his mettle by going undercover in the field, the lines become increasingly blurred. As he spirals into the hell of addiction and watches his life become a complex balancing act of lies and half-truths, he begins to wonder what side he is really on. 90 Church is both the unbelievable memoir of one man's confrontation with the dark corners of the human experience, and a fascinating window into a little known time in American history. Learn the story of the agents who make the DEA look like choir boys. - For fans of David Simon, and the TV shows Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men - Film rights optioned by Universal Studios"--

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