internal security

Provides a history of the Russian secret service, from the days of the czars to the present.

Presents a critical history of the FBI, from its origins in 1908 with three dozen investigators to the 27,000 staff members of today's agency. Examines the FBI's obsession with secrecy and argues that the agency has a long record of undermining political dissent and constitutional freedoms. Profiles major figures in the agency's history such as Charles Bonaparte and J. Edgar Hoover and discusses the FBI's responses various national crises.

A portrayal of the Cold War at home features stories of ordinary men and women who risked everything for their beliefs and of those that hunted them down.

Reveals how the hunt for the "disloyal citizens" penetrated American life from 1945 to 1965.

Describes the internal and external forces that launched Joseph McCarthy on his political career and carried him to national prominence.

Examines America's fear of Communist subversion during the late 1940's and early 1950's and the exploitation of this fear by Senator Joseph McCarthy.