The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition

Athan G. Theoharis; John Stuart Cox

ISBN 10: 0553285394 / ISBN 13: 9780553285390

Published by Bantam Books, New York, et al., 1990

About this Item

561 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine. Light shelfwear. Gray covers w/blue and black titles; sepia early photo of J Edgar Hoover on cover. At last, the shocking portrait of one man's twisted ambition and power-mad misdeeds, based on never-before-revealed FBI dossiers, front cover. For nearly 50 years, he was in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His power base went unchallenged. He used that power lustfully, often without a nod to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Conspiratorial contents page trying to get lost, held by tape. Hoover died in 1972. He'd been FBI Director since 1924.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
• Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553285394
• ISBN 13: 9780553285390
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: Bantam Ed. July 1990
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Traces the life of J. Edgar Hoover, examines the way in which he ran the FBI, and discusses the secret files he kept on politicians, celebrities and extremists

Review

"This strong book proves that, at the top, the bureau was turned into what could be called the H.B.I. (Hoover Bureau of Investigation)... Unlike some recent Hoover biographers, the authors do not make apologies for the excesses of 'The Boss.' They have the goods on him. A compelling study." --Herbert Mitgang, New York Times Book Review "I thought I had a fair idea of the damage done to American freedom by J. Edgar Hoover, but I knew nothing until I read The Boss. It is a gripping, nauseating account of a twisted character--and of the underside of the American psyche, which he manipulated so effectively." --Anthony Lewis "Theoharis and Cox, from a study of previously inaccessible FBI files plus extensive interviews, shed further light on the methods by which Hoover attained, employed and abused power, demonstrating that 'The Boss' more proficiently undermined our constitutional guarantees than any political leader before or since. ...This important biography adds significantly to the growing dossier demythologizing a legend." --Publishers Weekly