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J. Edgar Hoover the man and the secrets

Shocking, grim, frightening, Curt Gentryʹs masterful portrait of Americaʹs top policeman is a unique political biography. From more than 300 interviews and over 100,000 pages of previously classified documents, Gentry reveals exactly how a paranoid director created the fraudulent myth of an invincible, incorruptible FBI. For almost fifty years, Hoover held virtually unchecked public power, manipulating every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. He kept extensive blackmail files and used illegal wiretaps and hidden microphones to destroy anyone who opposed him. The book reveals how Hoover helped create McCarthyism, blackmailed the Kennedy brothers, and influenced the Supreme Court; how he retarded the civil rights movement and forged connections with mobsters; and what part he played in the investigations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. -- Back cover.

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  • "A biography of the FBI chief reveals connections between Hoover and organized crime, his manipulation of six presidencies, and his assault on civil rights."
  • "Shocking, grim, frightening and darkly comic. Curt Gentry's masterful portrait of America's top policeman is the most important political book in years. From more than 300 interviews and over 100,000 pages of previously classified docuemnts, the most successful true-crime book ever, reveals exactly how a paranoid director created the fradulent myth of an invincible, incorruptible FBI. For almost fifty years, this peculiarly private man held virtually unchecked pubilc power. He manipulated every president from FDR to Nixon but shrank from human contact. Demanding loyalty, he used illegal wiretaps and hidden mikes to destroy anyone who opposed him."
  • "Biografie van de man die bijna vijftig jaar lang directeur van de FBI was (1895-1972)."
  • "A study of J. Edgar Hoover and how he influenced American politics, presidents, civil rights movements, etc. during his fifty years as director of FBI."
  • "Shocking, grim, frightening, Curt Gentryʹs masterful portrait of Americaʹs top policeman is a unique political biography. From more than 300 interviews and over 100,000 pages of previously classified documents, Gentry reveals exactly how a paranoid director created the fraudulent myth of an invincible, incorruptible FBI. For almost fifty years, Hoover held virtually unchecked public power, manipulating every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. He kept extensive blackmail files and used illegal wiretaps and hidden microphones to destroy anyone who opposed him. The book reveals how Hoover helped create McCarthyism, blackmailed the Kennedy brothers, and influenced the Supreme Court; how he retarded the civil rights movement and forged connections with mobsters; and what part he played in the investigations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. -- Back cover."@en
  • "Biografie van J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), tussen 1924 en 1972 hoofd van de Amerikaanse federale recherchedienst FBI."

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  • "J. Edgar Hoover the man and the secrets"@en
  • "Chon Edŭgŏ Hubŏ : 48 nyŏngan Migukul chibaehan sanai"
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : de man en zijn geheimen"
  • "John Edgar Hoover : nửa thé̂ kỷ lãnh đạo F.B.A"
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : la vita e i segreti del primo capo dell'Fbi"@it
  • "J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets"
  • "J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets"@en
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : the man and the secrets"@en
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : the man and the secrets"
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : la vita e i segreti del primo capo dell'FBI"
  • "J. Edgar Hoover : the man and his secrets"
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