Secrecy and Power
Author | : Richard Gid Powers |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2020-02-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781982154493 |
ISBN-13 | : 1982154497 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Download or read book Secrecy and Power written by Richard Gid Powers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.