num_pages: 489
description: 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 &amp; comprehensive primary evidence. Draws on previously unknown &amp; extremely sensitive FBI files as well as interviews with Hoover family members, agents, politicians, &amp; targets of FBI investigations to reveal the man, the administrator, &amp; the power-monger who manipulated American politics for half a century. Investigates the extent to which Hoover made a mockery of the American Constitution &amp; its system of checks &amp; balances by immunizing the FBI from critical scrutiny.
language: English
title: The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
titlecomplete: The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
characters: J. Edgar Hoover
genres: Crime, Biography, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Temple Univ Pr