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The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI
By Denenberg, Barry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59043-168-2
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Inc., c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1993
Gr 7-9 Denenberg shows how Hoover took over a poorly funded, amateurish agency, and upgraded both the quality of the agents and the methods and techniques they use. He also shows how Hoover manipulated the press and the public, refused to acknowledge the Mafia, obsessed over communism, and used FBI surveillance capability to intimidate people inside and outside of government. His criticisms of his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
