The FBI & American democracy : a brief critical history / Athan G. Theoharis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2004.Description: x, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0700613455 : HRD
Other title:
  • FBI and American democracy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8144.F43 T49 2004
Contents:
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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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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