Secrecy and Power
Published on 8. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
656 pages
978-0-02-925061-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 I to the 1960s and his personal vendettas against Martin Luther King and the civil rights and antiwar movements.
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 I to the 1960s and his personal vendettas against Martin Luther King and the civil rights and antiwar movements.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
894 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-925061-7 (9780029250617)
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Richard Gid Powers
Secrecy and Power
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02/2020
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster Inc.
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Person
Richard Gid Powers is a historian and author of numerous books including Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover and G-Men: Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University and is a professor of history at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY.