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- Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate: The Campaign to Control the Press and the Bureau's Image
- 2014
- Book
- Published by: University Press of Kansas
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The complete history of the covert and sophisticated efforts of Hoover's FBI to promote a positive image and to immunize the FBI from legitimate criticisms of its abusive practices; offers a primer for our time--highlighting the dangers to civil liberties and democratic values posed by secretive and effectively unaccountable intelligence agencies
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- 4. Silencing a “Useful Citizen”
- pp. 101-123
- 5. Investigating Critics on the Left
- pp. 124-155
- 6. Dividing the Press
- pp. 156-176
- 7. Engaging Defenders in the Press
- pp. 177-192
- 8. Corresponding with Friends in the Press
- pp. 193-216
- 9. Managing Friends in the Broadcast Media
- pp. 217-238
- 11. Building a Television Audience
- pp. 265-281
- Conclusion
- pp. 282-288
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 339-344
- Back Cover
- p. 356
Additional Information
ISBN
9780700619832
Related ISBN
9780700619467
MARC Record
OCLC
966868883
Pages
368
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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