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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

byBeverly Gage

A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today’s conservative political landscape. G-Man combines biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of biography & autobiography and history, G-Man explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter.

Publisher

Viking (Penguin Random House)

Publication date

November 22, 2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

837

ISBN

9780670025374