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The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover: Rise and Fall of a Domestic Intelligence State
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Full Title:
The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover: Rise and Fall of a Domestic Intelligence State
Contributors:
By (Author) William W. Keller
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Central / national / federal government
Regional, state and other local government
Dewey:
320.510973
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
230
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
397g
Description
In the super-heated anticommunist politics of the early Cold War period, American liberals turned to the FBI. With the Communist party to the left of them and McCarthyism to the right, liberal leaders saw the Bureau as the only legitimate instrument to define and protect the internal security interests of the state. McCarthyism provided ample proof
