The Branding of Hoover's FBI : How the Boss's PR Men Sold the Bureau to America /

"Hunting down America's public enemies was just one of the FBI's jobs. Another--perhaps more vital and certainly more covert--was the job of promoting the importance and power of the FBI, a process that Matthew Cecil unfolds clearly for the first time in this eye-opening book. The sto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cecil, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hoover, J. Edgar > 1895-1972
Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972.
USA > Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Machtpolitik
Public relations.
Criminal investigation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Relations publiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enquêtes criminelles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Public relations > United States > History.
Criminal investigation > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Defining a "Hoover Era"
  • 1. From corrupt to indispensable
  • 2. The networker
  • 3. Speaking with one voice
  • 4. The editor and the professor
  • 5. Taming the octopus
  • 6. The heir apparent
  • 7. An empire in decline
  • 8. The fall.

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