Secrecy and Power
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Secrecy and Power

  1. 624 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Secrecy and Power

About this book

A well-researched biography about the public and private life of J. Edgar Hoover—former FBI director and America's most controversial law enforcer—that draws on previously unknown personal documents, a study of FBI files, and the presidential papers of nine administrations. Secrecy and Power is a full biography of former FBI director, covering all aspects of Hoover's controversial career from the Red Scare following World War I to the 1960s and his personal vendettas against Martin Luther King and the civil rights and antiwar movements.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Prologue: Secrecy and Power
  6. Chapter 1 : The Hoovers of Seward Square
  7. Chapter 2: The Alien Enemy Bureau
  8. Chapter 3: The Red Years: The Lessons of Success
  9. Chapter 4: The Red Years: The Lessons of Failure
  10. Chapter 5: The Assistant Director
  11. Chapter 6: The Progressive Years
  12. Chapter 7: The New Deal FBI
  13. Chapter 8: The FBI Front
  14. Chapter 9: Domestic Security for the Cold War
  15. Chapter 10: The Eisenhower Presidency
  16. Chapter 11: Kennedy Justice
  17. Chapter 12: LBJ’s FBI
  18. Chapter 13: Nixon and Hoover
  19. Epilogue: Freedom of Information
  20. Photo Insert
  21. About the Author
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Copyright

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