This is an auction for SECRECY AND POWER: THE LIFE OF J EDGAR HOOVER by Richard Gid Powers.

"Powers, author of an earlier work on a related subject (G-Men: Hoover's FBI in American popular culture), here offers a full biography of the former FBI director. The book is extremely well researched, covering all aspects of Hoover's controversial career from the Red Scare following World War I to the 1960s and his personal vendettas against Martin Luther King and the civil rights and antiwar movements. Overall, this is a balanced and interesting account that is likely to stand for the foreseeable future as the standard work on its subject. Highly recommended."

• Library Journal (US)

Amazon.com review:

"FIVE STARS!!! J. Edgar Hoover was an embarrassment and a blight on our nation's history. His disregard for the Constitution, while presumably protecting and defending it, shows how far true believers can be blinded and misguided by power. If you want to see an illustration of the adage " power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", this book will suffice."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Hardback 1987.

624 pages + photographs.

Good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

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