Theoharis, Athan G.

The FBI & American democracy : a brief critical history / FBI and American democracy Athan G. Theoharis. - Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2004. - x, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The early years : creation and proscribed growth -- World War I and the origins of political surveillance -- Abuse of power, retrenchment, and morality -- The New Deal and a war on crime -- The origins of FBI intelligence, the crisis of World War II -- The early Cold War years : anticipating and curbing subversion -- Promoting Mccarthyism--and morality (again) -- Secrecy and power : the undermining of accountability -- From anticommunism to law and order -- Scandal and limited reform -- Amodern bureau and the politics of terrorism.

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