Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate : The Campaign to Control the Press and the Bureau's Image

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The complete history of the covert and sophisticated efforts of Hoover's FBI to promote a positive image and to immunize the FBI from legitimate criticisms of its abusive practices; offers a primer for our time--highlighting the dangers to civil liberties and democratic values posed by secretiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cecil, Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
Public relations.
Journalism > Objectivity.
Government and the press.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Relations publiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
État et presse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Presse > Objectivite > États-Unis > Histoire.
Public relations > United States > History.
Government and the press > United States > History.
Journalism > Objectivity > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The complete history of the covert and sophisticated efforts of Hoover's FBI to promote a positive image and to immunize the FBI from legitimate criticisms of its abusive practices; offers a primer for our time--highlighting the dangers to civil liberties and democratic values posed by secretive and effectively unaccountable intelligence agencies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9780700619832

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