Origins of a modern agency
The thirties and forties: roots of disparate duties
The fifties: signs of a coming era
Walking in fire: the 1960s in America
Catalysts of change
Focal points
End of an era
The seventies: moving beyond civil disturbance
The new director
The resurgence of protective operations
Facing protest and peril
Regionalization, Patty Hearst and Guam
An evolution of leadership
The eighties: redefinition
Strike teams and high-profile prisoners
The development of a golden age
Unique enforcement operations
The U.S. Marshals improvement revolution
The nineties: wanderlust
The term of K. Michael Moore
A dramatic era
The busy season
The changing landscape
The new "marshall"
The new century: renewal
A boy named Elian
The McKinney influence
A time of terrorists
Director Reyna and the aftermath of 911.