J. Edgar Hoover the Father of the Cold War: How His Obsession with Communism Led to the Warren Commission Coverup and Escalation of the Vietnam War (Updated Edition)

This updated edition examines Hoover's career in detail, and looks at his role in the development of the Cold War against Communism. With considerable detail and an excellent selection of photographs, Kiel traces Hoover's anti-communism to his earliest experiences, during WW I. Well- documented and thought provoking, this study looks at the connections between Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, the assassination of President John Kennedy, and the escalation of the Vietnam War. In Kiel's updated New Co...