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The complete idiot's guide to the FBI / by John Simeone and David Jacobs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, c2003.Description: xviii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 002864400X
Other title:
  • FBI
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • HV 8144 S589c 2003
Contents:
Pt. 1. The director. Today's FBI ; Origins of the Bureau ; J. Edgar Hoover: America's top cop ; Busting the gangs ; Nazis and Reds ; World War II: the big one -- Pt. 2. National security. FBI, CIA, and Moscow center ; Atom spies, double agents, and subversives ; The Mob ; Coming apart: the 1960s ; Civil rights and wrongs ; Death of a legend -- Pt. 3. Cold War climax. Line of succession ; New brooms: the chief and the judge ; Global crime ; Year of the spy ; Nightmover: FBI versus the supermole -- Pt. 4. New world order. Judgment calls ; American psychos ; Wen Ho Lee: phantom menace ; The enemy within: Robert P. Hanssen ; 9/11 and beyond -- Appendixes. A. Joining the FBI ; B. Glossary ; C. Booking the Bureau: further reading.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 8144 S589c 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000015535

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-299) and index.

Pt. 1. The director. Today's FBI ; Origins of the Bureau ; J. Edgar Hoover: America's top cop ; Busting the gangs ; Nazis and Reds ; World War II: the big one -- Pt. 2. National security. FBI, CIA, and Moscow center ; Atom spies, double agents, and subversives ; The Mob ; Coming apart: the 1960s ; Civil rights and wrongs ; Death of a legend -- Pt. 3. Cold War climax. Line of succession ; New brooms: the chief and the judge ; Global crime ; Year of the spy ; Nightmover: FBI versus the supermole -- Pt. 4. New world order. Judgment calls ; American psychos ; Wen Ho Lee: phantom menace ; The enemy within: Robert P. Hanssen ; 9/11 and beyond -- Appendixes. A. Joining the FBI ; B. Glossary ; C. Booking the Bureau: further reading.

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