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The authors cracked the secret filing system of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI until he died in 1972. This is his definitive biography with unprecedented accuracy & comprehensive primary evidence. Draws on previously unknown & extremely sensitive FBI files as well as interviews with Hoover family members, agents, politicians, & targets of FBI investigations to reveal the man, the administrator, & the power-monger who manipulated American politics for half a century. Investigates the extent to which Hoover made a mockery of the American Constitution & its system of checks & balances by immunizing the FBI from critical scrutiny.
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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 024554934X
- ISBN 13 9780245549342
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages489
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The boss: J Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
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Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1989
ISBN 10: 024554934X
ISBN 13: 9780245549342
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The Boss, J. Edgar Hoover
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The Boss, J. Edgar Hoover
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The Boss; J Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
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Harrap, London, 1989
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ISBN 13: 9780245549342
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st UK edition, large 8vo, 489pp, photo illustrations, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 7749
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THE BOSS J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition.
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Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback, 1st UK edn. A biography in which the authors drew on new and highly sensitive evidence to create a shocking portrait of the man who headed the FBI for 48yrs. In 1925 'the Boss' opened 'obscene' files to record damaging personal and sexual information on a host of prominent American figures: from the Roosevelts to the Kennedys no-one was excluded. He used these files ruthlessly and, in the process, transformed the FBI from a small government agency into one of America's most powerful institutions. On the surface Hoover appeared an administrative genius - efficient, professional and apolitical: few knew how he operated behind the scenes, to the extent that the authors suggest McCarthyism would have been more accurately named Hooverism. Drawing on secret files, they discovered records of break-ins, phone-tappings, orders for buggings, as well as information on some of America's most public figures. And, in a series of interviews with members of Hoover's family, as well as politicians, FBI agents and even some of Hoover's targets, an extraordinary portrait emerges of a man with an insatiable thirst for power who manipulated American politics for nearly half a century. Illus., Notes and Index. 489pp. lge. 8vo. F. in Nr. F. dw. A heavy book which will require additional postage, particularly if shipped overseas. Seller Inventory # 3982
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