hoover, j. edgar

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hoover, j. edgar

Secrecy and power

the life of J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Explores the life and turbulent times of the lawman who served as Director of the F.B.I. from 1924 to 1972.

Young J. Edgar

Hoover, the Red Scare, and the assault on civil liberties
2007

Official and confidential

the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover
1993
Biography of FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover discussing his public career and his secretive private life.

J. Edgar Hoover

the man and the secrets
1991
A study of J. Edgar Hoover and how he influenced American politics, presidents, civil rights movements, etc. during his fifty years as director of FBI.

Enemies

a history of the FBI
2012
Discusses the history of the FBI and how it has been used for political gain.

The true story of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI

1993
A biography of the former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on the FBI's impact on the major law enforcement issues of the 1920s through the early 1970s.

J. Edgar Hoover

a graphic biography
2008
Presents a graphic biography of former director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, who served under eight presidents from Calvin Coolidge to Richard Nixon.

J. Edgar Hoover

powerful FBI Director
2002
Discusses the life and controversy of J. Edgar Hoover, former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

J. Edgar Hoover

controversial FBI director
2006
Presents a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and provides information on his controversial public life, tracking down gangsters and apprehending suspected communists.

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