BOOKS - MASTERS OF DECEIT: THE STORY OF COMMUNISM IN AMERICA AND HOW TO FIGHT IT

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MASTERS OF DECEIT:  THE STORY OF COMMUNISM IN AMERICA AND HOW TO FIGHT IT by J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation 

1958, First Edition.

374 pages.  

5.75 x 8.5” approx.

“Every citizen has a duty to learn more about the menace that threatens his future, his home, his children, the peace of the world — and that is why I have written this book.”

From 1947 to 1959, the USA found itself in the grip of the Second Red Scare… better known as “McCarthyism” though modern historians have suggested that “Hooverism” would be a more accurate descriptor.  FBI director J. Edgar Hoover designed President Truman's loyalty-security program, and its background investigations of employees were carried out by FBI agents; the FBI engaged in a number of illegal practices in its pursuit of information on Communists, including burglaries, opening mail, and illegal wiretaps!

Learn all about it, from the man himself!

Red cloth binding with minor scuffing, no dust jacket, interior pages are crisp & off-white (with the exception of two pages, which show discoloration evidence of an improvised bookmark).  Very Good+.

$50