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Beverly Gage is an American historian and professor at Yale University, specializing in 20th-century U. S.
Known for: G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
A comprehensive biography of J. Edgar Hoover, tracing his rise as the first Director of the FBI and his influence on American politics, law enforcement, and civil liberties throughout the 20th century. The book explores Hoover’s complex personality, his political maneuvering, and his lasting impact on the American state.
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Early Life and the Formation of a Worldview
J. Edgar Hoover was born in Washington, D.C., in 1895, into a city that was both the seat of government and a deeply segregated southern town. His family belonged to the respectable lower middle class of federal clerks—patriotic, Protestant, and bureaucratically minded. His father’s career in the Go...
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War, Radicalism, and the Making of a Security Bureaucrat
The Great War was Hoover’s entry point into national power. In 1917 he joined the Justice Department under Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, just as the country was convulsed by war hysteria and fear of foreign influence. Appointed head of the Radical Division within the new Bureau of Investigati...
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About Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage is an American historian and professor at Yale University, specializing in 20th-century U.S. history, politics, and government. She is known for her scholarship on American political culture and security institutions.
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