Young J. Edgar : Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties

English

ISBN: 0786717750

EAN: 9780786717750

Category: Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration/Biography & Autobiography / Law Enforcement/Political Science / Civil Rights/Political Science / Law Enforcement/

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 05/01/2007

Synopsis: In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages Americas first instance of homegrown terrorism. Then-Attorney General Palmer vowed a crackdown and enlisted Hoover as his deputy. Amid the hysteria, details of abuses emerged, Palmer fell, and the rise of J. Edgar Hoover began. Hoovers drive to gain immense power, as well as his coolness and calculation, is explored in Young J. Edgar. With the Palmer raid a as a lens through which to view the terrorhysteria of post-9/11 America, Young J. Edgar reaches the heart of our modern debate over personal freedom in a time of war and fear.

Young J. Edgar : Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.47 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 28.57 oz

Pages: 496