J. Edgar Hoover
Subtitle: the man in his time
Publisher: Arlington House
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New Rochelle, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780870001888
Subjects: Hoover, J. Edgar 1895-1972.
Description: The first objective biography about the man whose name is synonymous with the FBI. Generally sympathetic but not uncritical, veteran newsman Ralph de Toledano unveils Hoover's life from birth to death, showing how he took a corrupt political instrument and made it into the greatest investigative organization in the world -- and, in his last years, allowed some rigidity to creep in.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The man in his time; title: In the beginning; title: An America in turmoil; title: The great job begins; title: From the official reports, 1924-28; title: The crime years; title: Enter the G-man; title: Dillinger et al.; title: Hoover's "own" cases; title: A shift in direction; title: All this and espionage too; title: Roundups and spy scares; title: The enemy spies; title: Spies in the parlor : I; title: Spies in the parlor : II; title: Hoover, Truman, and White : a tale of red herrings; title: Hoover, civil rights, and crime; title: Investigations and McCarthy; title: Actions and reactions in a changing world; title: Bobby Kennedy marches; title: Assassinations, crisis; title: The stormy final years : I; title: The stormy final years : II; title: Postlude : John Edgar Hoover