Secrecy and Power; The Life of J. Edgar Hoover

Powers, Richard Gid

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: The Free Press, New York, 1987

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x, [2], 624, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Slight soiling to fore-edge, rear DJ slightly soiled, some wear to DJ edges. Richard Gid Powers is a well-known author of historical and biographical studies: a New York Times front-page reviewed biography of J. Edgar Hoover, a history of the FBI, a history of the FBI in popular culture, and a history of American anticommunism. He is frequently featured in news commentary and documentaries on the FBI. His last book was a religious thriller The Mystery of the Trinity, a hunt for the murders of Bishop (now Saint) Oscar Romero in El Salvador, with chases through Mt. Athos (Greece), Paris, El Salvador, Miami, and in and under St. Patrick's Cathedral. His next book is a thriller set in the world of art, Strangers in My Mind (where J. Edgar Hoover also makes an appearance). He taught at the City University Of New York, College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center from 1971-2018, as a Professor of History and American Studies and director of Freshman CORE Program. His book Secrecy and Power was a Main Selection of the History Book Club and a Book-of-the-Month Club Dividend Selection. Derived from a Kirkus review: Powers' previous book dealt with the longtime FBI chief from a specific angle: G-Men: Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture. Here, drawing on many and varied interviews and an exhaustive search through FBI and presidential files (100 pages of endnotes append the book), Powers offers a superbly rendered and--importantly--a balanced presentation of the full spectrum of Hoover's life and influence. The author's approach here is sociological, seeing as the driving motive in Hoover's life a rigorous preservation of small-town values. A sheltered childhood spent in Washington, D.C.'s, Seward Square inculcated in Hoover a Puritan ethic which he transferred easily to the Justice Dept. in 1917. Winning favor through long hours and a willingness to speak his mind--ironic given his later refusal to brook opposition--and lionized by the press for his post-WW I suppression of the budding American Communist Party, Hoover rose meteorically to become Director of the FBI by 1924, at age 29. For the next 40 years, he enjoyed an astounding popularity (partly because of clever media manipulation), with his many triumphs--the capture of Dillinger, the penetration of fifth columnists during WW II, the KKK in the 60's, the molding of the Bureau into a premier intelligence and enforcement agency, etc.--thrilling the American public and outweighing his two major failures, explored here in full: Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination. Powers treats Hoover's gradual fossilization and the well-publicized tyrannies of his later years in depth, emphasizing souring relationships with Presidents. Within this dramatic tale of power gained and hoarded at highest levels is woven the subplot of Hoover's personal life. An excellent biography; a penetrating portrayal of the use and abuse of power, for good and evil.…

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Titel
Secrecy and Power; The Life of J. Edgar Hoover
Autor
Powers, Richard Gid
Verlag
The Free Press, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
1987
Zustand
Very good
Schutzumschlag
Good
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0029250609
ISBN-13
9780029250600
Auflage
First Printing.
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Cold War, John F. Kennedy, Pearl Harbor

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