The FBI, A Hundred-Year Retrospective

No civilian government agency in the United States has received as much attention from authors as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Much of the early writing consisted of laudatory pieces that parroted the output of the agency's extensive public relations apparatus. This was followed by a re...

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Published in:	Public administration review 2008-11, Vol.68 (6), p.1079-1086
Main Author:	Vizzard, William J.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Administrator Surveys American literature Bank robberies Barriers Biographies Bureaucracy Civil liberties Counterintelligence Crime Criminal investigation Criminal investigations Criminal justice Criminals Departments FBI Federal Courts Federal Government Firearms Freedom Freedom of information Government (Administrative Body) Government Agencies Hearings Intelligence Intelligence gathering Intelligence services Investigations Jurisdiction Law Enforcement Literary criticism Literature Males Narcotics Organized crime Political History Politics Popular Culture Power Public administration Public Agencies Public Relations Scandals Spotlight on the FBI Twentieth Century U.S.A United States of America War Watergate Scandal
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Summary:	No civilian government agency in the United States has received as much attention from authors as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Much of the early writing consisted of laudatory pieces that parroted the output of the agency's extensive public relations apparatus. This was followed by a reactive era of critical literature following the Watergate scandal and the death of J. Edgar Hoover. This article surveys the key literature on this controversial agency, including both perspectives and insider memoirs, Hoover biographies, and recent scholarly works.
ISSN:	0033-3352 1540-6210