Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover by Richard Gid Powers

Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover

Richard Gid Powers

624 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
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Drawing on previously unknown personal documents, a study of F.B.I. files, and the presidential papers of nine administrations, this biography reveals the public record and private life of J. Edgar Hoover, America's most controversial law enforcer.

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