Hoover's FBI and the fourth estate : the campaign to control the press and the Bureau's image / Matthew Cecil.

Author/creator Cecil, Matthew author.
Format Book
PublicationLawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionx, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The FBI's ongoing crisis of legitimacy -- A bureau built for public relations -- Enforcing the Bureau's image of restraint -- Silencing a "useful citizen" -- Investigating critics on the left -- Dividing the press -- Engaging defenders in the press -- Corresponding with friends in the press -- Managing friends in the broadcast media -- Renewing the FBI story in Bureau-authorized books -- Building a television audience.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) and index.
LCCN 2013035680
ISBN9780700619467 (alk. paper)
ISBN0700619461 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV8144 .F43 C426 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold