Young J. Edgar Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties
1st Carroll & Graf Edition
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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 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 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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780786717750 |
Publisher: | Da Capo Books |
Imprint: | Da Capo Press |
Pub date: | 09 May 2007 |
Edition: | 1st Carroll & Graf Edition |
DEWEY: | 363.25092 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Number of pages: | 496 |
Weight: | 789g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 153mm |
Spine width: | 39mm |