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Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties

Kenneth D. Ackerman

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: May 09, 2007

ISBN: 0786717750

ISBN 13: 9780786717750

Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties

Kenneth D. Ackerman

4/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: May 09, 2007

ISBN: 0786717750

ISBN 13: 9780786717750

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