Secrecy and Power
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Book Overview
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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0029250617
ISBN13:9780029250617
Release Date:October 1988
Publisher:Free Press
Length:656 Pages
Weight:2.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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The Best Life of Hoover Written
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This book is widely, and rightly, regarded as the best and most accurate biography of J. Edgar Hoover. Without an axe to grind, Mr. Powers presents the man, warts and all, in the most believable version of him among all the books existing on Hoover and the FBI. This is the gold standard.
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