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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile literature Biography Biography Juvenile literature |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | J Edgar Hoover; J Edgar Hoover |
| Material Type: | Biography, Secondary (senior high) school |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marc Aronson |
| ISBN: | 9780763650254 : 0763650250 |
| OCLC Number: | 745979691 |
| Awards: | Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Description: | 230 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue: Blackmail -- Part One: Nothing in this book matters until you care about communism : John Reed and revolution -- The rise of J. Edgar Hoover: the first secret -- "There will be bloodshed" -- "We're going back to Russia--that's a free country" -- Legal rights: Hoover vs. Louis Post. Part Two: The war of images : Clyde: the second secret -- Public enemy number one: John Dillinger -- The crisis of capitalism: the third secret. Part Three: The turning point: subversive activities : The secret assignment. Part Four: The fighting war : Great injustice -- Hoover's war. Part Five: The war of shadows : The hope of the world -- Tailgunner Joe. Part Six: The age of fear : Loyalty -- No decency. Part Seven: The land of lies : The specter -- The descent -- COINTELPRO. Epilogue: master of deceit, then and now. |
| Other Titles: | J. Edgar Hoover and American in the age of lies |
| Responsibility: | Marc Aronson. |
Abstract:
An exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century unmasks the man behind the FBI, his family history, and relationships, and explores his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control, and the broad trends in society that shaped his world.
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- Hoover, J. Edgar -- (John Edgar), -- 1895-1972 -- Juvenile literature.
- United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
- Government executives -- United States -- Biography.
- Police -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Hoover, J. Edgar -- (John Edgar), -- 1895-1972.
- United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees.
- Government executives.
- Police.
- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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