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Documents from the late FBI director''s secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinatingand profoundly disturbingself-exposure by one of the false American deities of the 20th century. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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Hoover may have died without leaving us an autobiography that might have enriched history and gossip, but that loss has been handsomely repaired by Professor Athan Theoharis. -- Murray Kempton * Newsday *
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Valuable. -- Herbert Mitgang * The New York Times *

From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover

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      Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
      Publication Date: 7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780929587677, 978-0929587677
      ISBN10: 0929587677

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      Book Synopsis
      Documents from the late FBI director''s secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinatingand profoundly disturbingself-exposure by one of the false American deities of the 20th century. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

      Trade Review
      Hoover may have died without leaving us an autobiography that might have enriched history and gossip, but that loss has been handsomely repaired by Professor Athan Theoharis. -- Murray Kempton * Newsday *
      Fascinating...this book simply cannot be dismissed. -- Stanley Kutler * Chicago Tribune *
      Valuable. -- Herbert Mitgang * The New York Times *

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