Hoovers FBI, Cartha Deke DeLoach
Hoovers FBI, Cartha Deke DeLoach
List: $27.95 | Sale: $19.57
Club: $13.97

Hoovers FBI
The Inside Story by Hoovers Trusted Lieutenant

Author: Cartha Deke DeLoach

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 15 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2011

Synopsis

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the upcoming film J. Edgar, directed by Clint Eastwood. As director of the FBI for over five decades, J. Edgar Hoover left a profound and lasting legacy on this most celebrated institution. Only the few who were part of Hoovers inner circle know the truth about his controversial years of authoritarian rule and the organizations inmost secrets. One of Hoovers trusted deputies, DeLoach gives us the most authentic account ever written of the FBI, setting the record straight about questions that have plagued modern history. From the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., to the FBI crusades against organized crime and the Communist Party, to Hoovers disputed sexual orientation and the secret files he allegedly kept to blackmail hostile members of Congress, here is the gripping narrative of a government agency caught on a tightrope between presidential administrations and the limits of the law.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on February 25, 2012

I listened to the audio version of this book and it was very good. It contains some interesting FBI cases that I didn't know about as well as the large ones. It gives a good history and a counter point to all the anti-Hoover people out there. Read and learn both sides then decide the truth for yours......more

Goodreads review by Diana on May 16, 2016

For the most part I found this work informative, educational, historic and a glimpse into the workings of a necessary part of the government, especially in the age we live in. It might also be a biography of J. Edgar Hoover and autobiography of the third top most important person in the bureau, the......more

Goodreads review by Scott on February 04, 2020

I really liked this and would recommend it. It is a bit older (written in the 1990s) but it can be read from a historical perspective of the FBI and JEHoover's influence. Deloach was the third in command under Hoover so he obviously has a bias but he made some effort (some!) to be fair. A few times......more

Goodreads review by C on May 04, 2012

I'm reading this for an FBI Citizens' Academy I'm taking part in. I'm so glad I picked it up. It details the investigation into the murder of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, the investigation into Jack Ruby, the murder of MLK, the hunt for James Earl Ray, etc. I wasn't even born when these events occurred,......more

Goodreads review by Tom on October 17, 2013

This was facinating...since I lived it. A great deal of details and insight thst I never knew.......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List