Official And Confidential - The Secret Life Of J. Edgar Hoover - Softcover

Anthony Summers

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9780552142045: Official And Confidential - The Secret Life Of J. Edgar Hoover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552142042 ISBN 13: 9780552142045

Publisher: Corgi Books, 1994

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An examination of the Hoover legacy reveals the true extent to which Hoover abused his power in the FBI to blackmail presidents, public officials, and private citizens and to manipulate domestic and foreign policy. 85,000 first printing. $65,000 ad/promo.

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About the Author:

Anthony Summers has covered wars and other world news events for the BBC. He has written four previous books, including "Conspiracy", an acclaimed study of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and "Goddess", a best-selling biography of Marilyn Monroe. Summers lives in Ireland with his wife, Robbyn, and has two sons.

Review:

"I read Official and Confidential with mounting horror, fascination, revulsion... Enthralling" -- Paul Theroux "Summers' book is not just a history of a single hero-sized hypocrite, it is a history of a vast national delusion" -- Hilary Mantel * Spectator * "The exposure we have been waiting for these last forty years" -- Norman Mailer "Garbage... Innuendo, lies" -- Cartha DeLoach, former close aide to Hoover "The book is more exciting, and more damning, than the film...This is bold, excoriating, unmissable stuff." * Independent on Sunday *

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