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Hoover's war on gays : exposing the FBI's "sex deviates" program / Douglas M. Charles.

By: Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2015Description: xv, 453 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780700621194 (hardback)
  • 9780700621507 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25/9536 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8144.F43 C4285 2015
Other classification:
  • HIS036060 | SOC012000 | SOC004000
Summary: "Based on extensive research of primary sources and relentless FOIA requests, Charles provides the first comprehensive history of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's systematic (some would say obsessive) targeting, investigation, and harassment of homosexuals for the half century that began in the1930s. One of Charles's signal achievements is to piece together the procedures, purposes, and contents of Hoover's "Sex Deviate File" encompassing an estimated 99 cubic feet, or more than 330,000 pages, but which was destroyed by the FBI in the late 1970s"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8144 .F43 C4285 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001395077

"Based on extensive research of primary sources and relentless FOIA requests, Charles provides the first comprehensive history of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's systematic (some would say obsessive) targeting, investigation, and harassment of homosexuals for the half century that began in the1930s. One of Charles's signal achievements is to piece together the procedures, purposes, and contents of Hoover's "Sex Deviate File" encompassing an estimated 99 cubic feet, or more than 330,000 pages, but which was destroyed by the FBI in the late 1970s"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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