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

by Kenneth D. Ackerman

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In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages -- America's first instance of homegrown terrorism. Then-Attorney General Palmer vowed a crackdown and enlisted Hoove... Read more
In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages -- America's 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.
Hoover's 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 terror-hysteria 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. Less

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File size6.38x9.26x1.55inches
Print pages472
PublisherCarroll & Graf Publishers
Publication date May 9, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780786717750
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Kenneth D. Ackerman
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Kenneth D. Ackerman has made old New York a favorite subject in his writing, including his critically acclaimed biography BOSS TWEED: The Corrupt Pol who Conceived the Soul of modern New York. He now...

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