From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover

by Athan Theoharis

Overview

Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinating—and profoundly disturbing—self-exposure by one of the false American deities of the 20th century. —Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780929587677
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/01/1991
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	391
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.36(d)

About the Author

Athan Theoharis is professor of history at Marquette University. His many books include The Boss, From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Spying on Americans, Beyond the Hiss Case, Seeds of Repression, and The Yalta Myths. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Editorial Reviews

Hoover may have died without leaving us an autobiography that might have enriched history and gossip, but that loss has been handsomely repaired by Professor Athan Theoharis.
— Murray Kempton

New York Newsday

Fascinating...this book simply cannot be dismissed.
— Stanley Kutler

Chicago Tribune

Valuable.
— Herbert Mitgang

New York Times

Valuable.

The New York Times - Herbert Mitgang

Fascinating...this book simply cannot be dismissed.

Chicago Tribune - Stanley Kutler

Hoover may have died without leaving us an autobiography that might have enriched history and gossip, but that loss has been handsomely repaired by Professor Athan Theoharis.

Newsday - Murray Kempton

Valuable.
— Herbert Mitgang

The New York Times

Hoover may have died without leaving us an autobiography that might have enriched history and gossip, but that loss has been handsomely repaired by Professor Athan Theoharis.
— Murray Kempton

Newsday

Some of the sleaziest from J. Edgar Hoover's five secret files--none of the documents ever meant to be disclosed. Theoharis finally got to them through the Freedom of Information Act. There is a grim fascination in the wide range of surveillance and monitoring applied to nearly everyone but actual criminals. Published by Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60622-2632. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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