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"The FBI has had a substantial impact on U.S. society from its inception in 1908 through the advent of the war on terror. Theoharis inquires into its myths and realities. He criticizes the bureau for frequent abuses of power and its failure to meet its stated law enforcement or intelligence goals. This clear, thoughtful presentation is strongly recommended."
--Library Journal"Theoharis is unquestionably the dean of FBI history. {An] authoritative volume."--Choice
"Theoharis has spent the last quarter-century using the Freedom of Information Act to ferret out Hoover-era memos and files that the secretive director never imagined anyone outside the bureau would ever see."--Chicago Tribune
Theoharis masterfully documents the FBI's history of suppressing political activity but does not demonstrate that a different approach would have improved the mishmash of intelligence that led to September 11 . . . Overall, this is an excellent piece of scholarshiip with important implications for currently policy debates."--Law and Politics Book Review
"Unquestionably the first book that either a novice or an FBI specialist should turn to."--History: Reviews of New Books
"A valuable, balanced study of how a federal law enforcement agency relying on informants and secret investigations coexists with an open, democratic society, a topic that has become even more relevant in a post-September 11 world."--American Historical Review
Athan Theoharis has owed us this book for some time. He has had a career battling and pursuing the FBI and forcing it to open files that meticulously document the FBI's imperial aggrandizement and constant intrusion into the political sphere. . . . All of us are in his debt.--Stanley I. Kutler, author of The Wars of Watergate
Brings to light missing or previously hidden parts of the FBI's storied history to help us more clearly see its potential for both good and harm as we try to balance national security and civil liberties in a post-9/11 world.--Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists
A short but amazingly comprehensive and up-to-date account.--John Prados, author of Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby
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