Official & confidential : the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover af Anthony Summers (Bog)

Forfatter: Anthony Summers
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 626
Forlag: Ebury Press
Udgivelsesår: 2012
A ground-breaking, myth-shattering expose reveals the dark secrets of J. Edgar Hoover. At last, readers will learn of the late FBI chief's menacing abuse of power and public trust--from his closet homosexuality to his manipulation by the Mafia to his subversion of the Warren Commission's probe into the assassination of JFK. An 8-week NYT bestseller from the author of Conspiracy and Goddess.
Titel: Official & confidential : the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover

Sammendrag: Now the subject of a major Hollywood movie, Hoover was at the summit of power in the United States for almost fifty years. He created the FBI and ran it unchecked until his death. Anthony Summers demolishes the epic myth to reveal a racist, blackmailer and deceiver, a puppet-master who manipulated many of the key events in modern American history. He used his bulging dossiers to bring pressure on those in political and public life - including the presidents he served. Yet he was a man with his own secrets. The Mafia reportedly found out that he was a closet homosexual and he was allegedly also a cross-dresser. Against that background, Hoover allowed the spread of organised crime, by pretending it did not exist. He suppressed evidence about the Kennedy assassination, and died holding some of Nixon’s darkest secrets.
Type: Paperback