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Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties
Young J Edgar Hoover the Red Scare and the Assault on Civil Liberties
Author: Kenneth D. Ackerman
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 ri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786717750
ISBN-10: 0786717750
Publication Date: 4/18/2007
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Book Type: Hardcover
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