G-Man J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
Afbeeldingen
Sla de afbeeldingen overArtikel vergelijken
Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
Auteur:
Beverley Gage
- Engels
- Hardcover
- 9780857201058
- 30 maart 2023
- 864 pagina's
Samenvatting
A groundbreaking new biography of FBI director J Edgar Hoover, a controversial colossus who dominated 20th century America.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023
Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy
Winner of the American History Book Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Longlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
When he became director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater into a modern machine. He stayed in power for decades, and created a personal fiefdom unrivalled in US history.
In this masterful, multi-award-winning biography, Beverley Gage explores the full sweep of Hoover’s life and career. In Gage’s portrait, Hoover was a man admired by millions, but was also a formidable public figure who intimidated his enemies, excluded minorities from his great American project and created the foundations of the US far right.
G-Man is a dramatic portrait of one of America’s most influential – and controversial – public figures. It is also an engrossing story of the making of modern America.
'Revelatory' New York Times
'Astonishing' The New Yorker
'Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work' The Washington Post
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023
Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy
Winner of the American History Book Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Longlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
When he became director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater into a modern machine. He stayed in power for decades, and created a personal fiefdom unrivalled in US history.
In this masterful, multi-award-winning biography, Beverley Gage explores the full sweep of Hoover’s life and career. In Gage’s portrait, Hoover was a man admired by millions, but was also a formidable public figure who intimidated his enemies, excluded minorities from his great American project and created the foundations of the US far right.
G-Man is a dramatic portrait of one of America’s most influential – and controversial – public figures. It is also an engrossing story of the making of modern America.
'Revelatory' New York Times
'Astonishing' The New Yorker
'Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work' The Washington Post
Productspecificaties
Wij vonden geen specificaties voor jouw zoekopdracht '{SEARCH}'.
Inhoud
- Taal
- en
- Bindwijze
- Hardcover
- Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
- 30 maart 2023
- Aantal pagina's
- 864
- Illustraties
- Nee
Betrokkenen
- Hoofdauteur
- Beverley Gage
- Hoofduitgeverij
- Simon & Schuster
Overige kenmerken
- Extra groot lettertype
- Nee
- Product breedte
- 153 mm
- Product hoogte
- 42 mm
- Product lengte
- 234 mm
- Studieboek
- Nee
- Verpakking breedte
- 153 mm
- Verpakking hoogte
- 234 mm
- Verpakking lengte
- 234 mm
- Verpakkingsgewicht
- 954 g
EAN
- EAN
- 9780857201058
Je vindt dit artikel in
- Categorieën
- Onderwerp
- Ontdekkingsreizen
- Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
- Boek
- Taal
- Engels
- Periode
- 20e eeuw
Kies gewenste uitvoering
Kies je bindwijze
(2)
Prijsinformatie en bestellen
Anderen bekeken ook
Rapporteer dit artikel
Je wilt melding doen van illegale inhoud over dit artikel:
- Ik wil melding doen als klant
- Ik wil melding doen als autoriteit of trusted flagger
- Ik wil melding doen als partner
- Ik wil melding doen als merkhouder
Geen klant, autoriteit, trusted flagger, merkhouder of partner? Gebruik dan onderstaande link om melding te doen.