This is Democracy – Episode 224: FBI and J. Edgar Hoover
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The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover: The Red Scare
J. Edgar Hoover is one of the most important figures of the era in thinking about Cold War politics, says Bev Altschuler. He's building a very powerful institution around this anti-communist agenda, she says. But he had a certainly non-traditional relationship with his lifelong partner, according to her book.
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