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Author:

Theoharis, Athan G.

Title:

The FBI and American democracy : a brief critical history / Athan G. Theoharis.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
Intelligence service--United States--History.
Internal security--United States--History
Criminal investigation--United States--History
Abuse of administrative power--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The early years : creation and proscribed growth -- World War I and the origins of political surveillance -- Abuse of power, retrenchment, and morality -- The New Deal and a war on crime -- The origins of FBI intelligence, the crisis of World War II -- The early Cold War years : anticipating and curbing subversion -- Promoting Mccarthyism-and morality (again) -- Secrecy and power : the undermining of accountability -- From anti-communism to law and order -- Scandal and limited reform -- A modern bureau and the politics of terrorism.

ISBN:

9780700613458 (alk. paper)
0700613455 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54767570

LCCN:

2004006077

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)