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001 2015014447
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005 20190729110406.0
008 150615s2015 ksu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2015014447
020 _a9780700621194 (hardback)
020 _a9780700621507 (ebook)
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_bC4285 2015
082 0 0 _a363.25/9536
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084 _aHIS036060
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_2bisacsh
100 1 _aCharles, Douglas M.
245 1 0 _aHoover's war on gays :
_bexposing the FBI's "sex deviates" program /
_cDouglas M. Charles.
264 1 _aLawrence, Kansas :
_bUniversity Press of Kansas,
_c2015.
300 _axv, 453 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bFederal Bureau of Investigation
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHomosexuality
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aGays
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aInternal security
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
_2bisacsh
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