Young J. Edgar
Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.
Format: Book
Edition: First Carroll & Graf edition.
Description: 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages - America's first instance of homegrown terrorism. Then-Attorney General Palmer vowed a crackdown and enlisted Hoover as his deputy. Amid the hysteria, details of abuses emerged, Palmer fell, and the rise of J. Edgar Hoover began. Hoover's drive to gain immense power, as well as his coolness and calculation, is explored in Young J. Edgar. With the Palmerraid a as a lens through which to view the terror-hysteria of post-9/11 America, Young J. Edgar reaches the heart of our modern debate over personal freedom in a time of war and fear.
Contents:
Bombs -- Edgar -- The first raid -- "Parlor Bolsheviks" -- The big raid -- Chaos -- Resistance -- Exposure -- Verdicts -- Legacy.
Subjects:
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0786717750
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hoover, J. Edgar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.