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What is the FBI? How did it come into being? What has it accomplished? What are its powers? Above all, what does the mere fact of its existence mean to Every Citizen of the United States? This book, written with the cooperation of J. Edgar Hoover and FBI Personnel will answer these questions once and for all. THE FBI STORY, written by one of America's top reporters, Don Whitehead, and with a Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, takes you behind the scenes to reveal the record of America's crusade against crime and subversion. THE FBI STORY names names, places and events. You'll read about cases which have made today's headlines as well as about the celebrated cases and notorious events which made yesterday's. You'll read about the Black Tom explosion and other acts of sabotage which were the prelude to America's entrance into World War I. You will find the case histories of the Wall Street Explosion and "Palmer's Raids"; the Harding Era and Gaston Means. The gangsters' rise to power in the roaring twenties and the "lady in red," Pretty Ana Cump na, who betrayed John Dillinger, and Al Capone. Here too are the Lindbergh Kidnapping, the Kansas City Massacre and many other cases which placed the FBI in the forefront of the public's imagination. THE FBI STORY is the story too of Pearl Harbor, the capture of the Japanese espionage messages, the German saboteurs' invasion of the United States and their capture, and other behind the scenes dramas of World War II. The book tells of the FBI's secret operations in South and Central America and the experiences of its Special Intelligence Service (SIS). How the FBI tricked the Germans through double agent radio stations is a "stranger than fiction" story. You'll read of the FBI's role in combating postwar crime as Don Whitehead reports on the kidnap murder of little Bobby Greenlease and the murder of a mother by her son high over a Colorado beet field when a plane fell carrying passengers and crew to their deaths. The fight against Communism in the United States, Smith Act prosecutions and the gathering of evidence which made these prosecutions possible are all portrayed. Also related are the cases of Hiss and Klaus Fuchs and the theft of the atomic secrets and the Rosenberg and Greenglass cases, which are revealed in detail. The history of the FBI in reality represents the people's efforts to achieve government by law. THE FBI STORY, then, is the story of America itself and the struggles to attain this ideal."… (meer)
This was an interesting book. The history of the FBI is well-told and while Whitehead is focused on a decidedly pro-FBI bias, he's not so biased that the story rings false. The various cases he includes as examples are well chosen and almost as interesting as a Criminal Minds plot. And the way the intelligence portion of the US government has changed over the years is particularly interesting. It is easy to get the impression that the current agencies have always been and will always be in place with their current jurisdictions, but clearly they have changed a lot over the years. This book was written during the Cold War, and was published in the late 50's, when the Red Scare had not yet cooled and given way to more clear thinking and sense, so the last few chapters on the horrific dangers of communism (and I suspect that Whitehead did not really understand the socioeconomic theory of communism at all, just the Russian and Chinese Communist party activities) make sense, even if it is hard to imagine being that scared of communism now. But, substitute 'Islam' for 'communism' in his concluding chapters and they read like the phobic nonsense behind recent anti-Islamic sentiments. ( )
Mr Whitehead is clearly a big fan of the FBI and especially J Edgar Hoover. Even so, the FBI has had quite history from a very ineffectual unit of government to the prized unit it is today. And, I at least, am very happy we have it.
What is the FBI? How did it come into being? What has it accomplished? What are its powers? Above all, what does the mere fact of its existence mean to Every Citizen of the United States? This book, written with the cooperation of J. Edgar Hoover and FBI Personnel will answer these questions once and for all. THE FBI STORY, written by one of America's top reporters, Don Whitehead, and with a Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, takes you behind the scenes to reveal the record of America's crusade against crime and subversion. THE FBI STORY names names, places and events. You'll read about cases which have made today's headlines as well as about the celebrated cases and notorious events which made yesterday's. You'll read about the Black Tom explosion and other acts of sabotage which were the prelude to America's entrance into World War I. You will find the case histories of the Wall Street Explosion and "Palmer's Raids"; the Harding Era and Gaston Means. The gangsters' rise to power in the roaring twenties and the "lady in red," Pretty Ana Cump na, who betrayed John Dillinger, and Al Capone. Here too are the Lindbergh Kidnapping, the Kansas City Massacre and many other cases which placed the FBI in the forefront of the public's imagination. THE FBI STORY is the story too of Pearl Harbor, the capture of the Japanese espionage messages, the German saboteurs' invasion of the United States and their capture, and other behind the scenes dramas of World War II. The book tells of the FBI's secret operations in South and Central America and the experiences of its Special Intelligence Service (SIS). How the FBI tricked the Germans through double agent radio stations is a "stranger than fiction" story. You'll read of the FBI's role in combating postwar crime as Don Whitehead reports on the kidnap murder of little Bobby Greenlease and the murder of a mother by her son high over a Colorado beet field when a plane fell carrying passengers and crew to their deaths. The fight against Communism in the United States, Smith Act prosecutions and the gathering of evidence which made these prosecutions possible are all portrayed. Also related are the cases of Hiss and Klaus Fuchs and the theft of the atomic secrets and the Rosenberg and Greenglass cases, which are revealed in detail. The history of the FBI in reality represents the people's efforts to achieve government by law. THE FBI STORY, then, is the story of America itself and the struggles to attain this ideal."
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This book was written during the Cold War, and was published in the late 50's, when the Red Scare had not yet cooled and given way to more clear thinking and sense, so the last few chapters on the horrific dangers of communism (and I suspect that Whitehead did not really understand the socioeconomic theory of communism at all, just the Russian and Chinese Communist party activities) make sense, even if it is hard to imagine being that scared of communism now. But, substitute 'Islam' for 'communism' in his concluding chapters and they read like the phobic nonsense behind recent anti-Islamic sentiments. (