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Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold WarAuthor: CNA
Coming in from the Cold explores forgottenor never-rememberednational security policy initiatives, incidents and events during the Cold War. In each episode Cold War Historian Bill Rosenau, sits down with experts on a wide range of topics to discuss these events and how they are relevant to todays challenges. The views expressed here are those of the commentators and do not necessarily reflect the views of CNA or any of its sponsors. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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J. Edgar Hoover
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as the man responsible for building the FBI into a premier law enforcement agency. In the final episode of Coming in from the Cold Bill sits down with Beverly Gage, author of “G- Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century,” to discuss the complicated legacy of Hoover. Further Reading G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529289/g-man-by-beverly-gage The Documentary: The People vs. J. Edgar Hoover: https://www.wnyc.org/story/documentary-people-vs-j-edgar-hoover The FBI: https://youtu.be/zu7Gj1uUIs0 “FBI Records: The Vault/COINTELPRO/White Hate Groups: https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro/White%20Hate%20Groups
