From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover
by Athan Theoharis (Editor)
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During his forty-eight years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover scrupulously maintained secret office files and arranged for special filing procedures to safeguard "sensitive" information.Tags
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Athan G. Theoharis is Emeritus Professor of History at Marquette University and author of twenty books, including The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition (Coauthored with John Stuart Cox) and Chasing Spies: How the FBI Failed in Counterintelligence but Promoted the Politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War Years.
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- J. Edgar Hoover
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- Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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- 353.0074 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science Specific fields of public administration
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- E743.5 .F68 — History of the United States United States Twentieth century General Political history Un-American activities
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