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The FBI & American democracy : a brief critical history / Athan G. Theoharis.
Van Pelt Library HV8144.F43 T49 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theoharis, Athan G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Intelligence service--United States--History.
- Intelligence service.
- Abuse of administrative power.
- History.
- Criminal investigation.
- Internal security.
- Internal security--United States--History.
- Criminal investigation--United States--History.
- Abuse of administrative power--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- FBI and American democracy : a brief critical history
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2004]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The early years : creation and proscribed growth
- World War I and the origins of political surveillance
- Abuse of power, retrenchment, and morality
- The New Deal and a war on crime
- The origins of FBI intelligence, the crisis of World War II
- The early Cold War years : anticipating and curbing subversion
- Promoting Mccarthyism-and morality (again)
- Secrecy and power : the undermining of accountability
- From anti-communism to law and order
- Scandal and limited reform
- A modern bureau and the politics of terrorism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700613455
- OCLC:
- 54767570
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