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Puppetmaster : the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover / Richard Hack.
Van Pelt Library HV7911.H6 H33 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hack, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
- Hoover, J. Edgar.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Police--United States--Biography.
- Police.
- Government executives--United States--Biography.
- Government executives.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : New Millenium Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- J. Edgar Hoover, the most powerful lawman in America for over fifty years, was also the country's most controversial and feared public servant. His career as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation spanned nine different presidential administrations and survived a dozen attempts to sweep him from office. During that time, Hoover completely reshaped domestic law enforcement as he expanded the reach of the FBI and transformed his G-men into an elite national crime fighting division. Despite his contributions to the criminal justice system, Hoover fell from favor soon after his death, the victim of rampant rumors and innuendo. In Puppetmaster, author Richard Hack separates truth from fiction to reveal the most hidden secrets of Hoover's private life and exposes previously undisclosed conduct that threatened to compromise the security of the entire nation. Based on recently uncovered files and personal documents as well as over 100,000 pages of FBI memos and State Department papers, Hack rips the lid off the director's facade of propriety to detail a life replete with sexual indiscretions, criminal behavior and a long-standing alliance with the Mafia.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Death of an Icon 1
- Chapter 1 To Be Good is Not Enough, When You Dream of Greater Things 27
- Chapter 2 Alien Threat 51
- Chapter 3 Sex, Lies, and the Fbi 75
- Chapter 4 The Electric Wire 101
- Chapter 5 Crimes of the Century 129
- Chapter 6 Hooray for Hollywood 159
- Chapter 7 Ascent of Power 185
- Chapter 8 A Foundation Built on Sand 215
- Chapter 9 Roses are also Red 245
- Chapter 10 A Pansy Is Only a Flower 269
- Chapter 11 Civil Rights, Civil Wrongs 299
- Chapter 12 Mobsters and Murders 327
- Chapter 13 The Emperor Has No Clothes 357
- Epilogue: The Legacy, the Legend 397.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1893224872
- OCLC:
- 54534326
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