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Now in paperback, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J Edgar Hoover deemed Masterfulan enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive workby The Washington Post (and everywhere else)
Revelatoryan acknowledgment of the complexities that made Hoover who he was, while charging the turbulent currents that eventually swept him New York Times
G-Man is the groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of todays conservative political landscape. Hoover transformed a scandal-riddled law-enforcement backwater, into a modern machineone just as oppressive as it was promising. He rose to power and then stayed there, decade after decade, using the tools of the state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly Gages monumental work explores the full sweep of Hoovers life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family to a strongarm for white supremacists and the politicized Christian right, serving eight presidents. G-Man places Hoover back where he once stood in American political historynot at the fringes, but at the centerand uses his story to explain the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century.
[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biographyThe New Yorker
Gages penetrating account of Hoovers career, especially his many long-eclipsed triumphs, offers a well-timed and sobering perspective as yet another institution in our fractured country struggles to maintain trust. The Atlantic
Gages triumph is her deft navigation through Hoovers deep state, while reminding us of the abuse of power that remains his enduring Boston Globe
Author: Beverly Gage
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 11/14/2023
Pages: 896
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780593511466
Language: English
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