Q&A: In 'G-Man,' Yale Historian Takes a Nuanced Look at Caricatured FBI Director
December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 20 (TNSbook) (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Dec. 19, 2022, with historian Beverly Gage:
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For nearly a half-century, J. Edgar Hoover was director of the FBI or its precursor. A rabid anti-Communist now known for his own law-breaking -- specifically, for his secret surveillance of American citizens -- he is often caricatured as a bulldog. But in her new biography "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of . . .
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For nearly a half-century, J. Edgar Hoover was director of the FBI or its precursor. A rabid anti-Communist now known for his own law-breaking -- specifically, for his secret surveillance of American citizens -- he is often caricatured as a bulldog. But in her new biography "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of . . .