<p>Traces the life of J. Edgar Hoover, examines the way in which he ran the FBI, and discusses the secret files he kept on politicians, celebrities and extremists</p>

The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition

Biographies & Memoirs

Athan G. Theoharis

John Stuart Cox

Leaders & Notable People

Bantam]

The authors cracked the secret filing system of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI until he died in 1972. This is his definitive biography with unprecedented accuracy & comprehensive primary evidence. Draws on previously unknown & extremely sensitive FBI files as well as interviews with Hoover family members, agents, politicians, & targets of FBI investigations to reveal the man, the administrator, & the power-monger who manipulated American politics for half a century. Investigates the extent to which Hoover made a mockery of the American Constitution & its system of checks & balances by immunizing the FBI from critical scrutiny.

J.Edgar Hoover & the Great American Inquisition

Temple Univ. Press

The Boss

Virgin Books

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