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Young J. Edgar
Kenneth D. Ackerman
其他書名
Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties
出版Da Capo Press, 2007-05-09
主題History / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / General
ISBN07867177509780786717750
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0rsEAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.