Enemies: A History of the FBI
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9780141957845
Publish date: March 1st 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Mystery,
Politics,
American History,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Crime,
True Crime,
Law
This book, surprisingly, read like a novel. Scary stuff. So well written though, that I read it in 3 days.
“Enemies” is a colorful tale of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from its humble beginnings in 1908 fighting organized crime to its recent involvement in the War on Terror. Based on a wealth of research, declassified documents and interviews, the book devotes many of its pages to the larger-than-...
"A free people must have both security and liberty. They are warring forces, yet we cannot have one without the other." When William Webster became Director of the FBI in 1978, he was shocked to find that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, spawned from the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) in 1935, w...
Another excellent book by Tim Weiner. I enjoyed his book on the CIA, Legacy of Ashes and I was not disappointed by his historical look at the FBI. Highly recommend.
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