The provocative, extremely interesting, meticulously verified book of the Laureate of the Pulitzer Prize Tim Weiner is devoted to the centuries -old history of the FBI and can rightfully be considered the exhausting encyclopedia of the activity of this secret intelligence service of the United States. Based on the dossier declassified in recent years, the author represents in the true light of the founding father of the FBI J. Edgar Gover. He tells how the agent network was created and improved. As Hoover carried out almost inconceivable tasks: he monitored the leaders of the Soviet Union and China in the gloomy period of the Cold War, controlled state coups against the democratically elected leaders of foreign states, skillfully destabilized the position of the Presidents of the United States. As he waged a political war and managed state affairs for the purposes of national security, often acting to the detriment of morality. Analysis of the efforts of the FBI leaders in the war with terrorists, spies, anarchists and hired killers …
Author
Weiner Tim
Translator
Karpova L.A.
Publisher
Central Polygraph, 2024
Series
World history
16+
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