{"product_id":"9780857201058-g-man","title":"G-Man","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. \u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking new biography of FBI director J Edgar Hoover, a controversial colossus who dominated 20th century America.\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American History Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When he became director of the FBI in 1924, \u003cb\u003eJ. Edgar Hoover was a dazzling wunderkind buzzing with big ideas for reform\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He \u003cb\u003etransformed\u003c\/b\u003e a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine. He \u003cb\u003ebelieved\u003c\/b\u003e in the power of the federal government to do great things for the nation and its citizens. He also believed that certain people – many of them communists or racial minorities – \u003cb\u003edid not deserve to be included in that American project.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In her nuanced and definitive portrait,\u003cb\u003e Beverly Gage charts Hoover’s rise to power,\u003c\/b\u003e as he used the tools of state to create a personal fiefdom unrivalled in U.S. history. Hoover was not above blackmail and intimidation, and his conservative values ranged from white supremacy to a crusading and politicized interpretation of Christianity. But he was more than a one-dimensional tyrant who strong-armed the country into submission. As \u003cb\u003eFBI director for almost fifty years\u003c\/b\u003e, he was a confidant, counsellor, and adversary to eight U.S. presidents, four Republicans and four Democrats. His conservative values won him the admiration of millions of Americans. He stayed in office for so long because many people, from the highest reaches of government down to the grassroots, wanted him there. \u003cb\u003eAnd he has done more to shape the political right today than many presidents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG-Man \u003c\/i\u003eplaces Hoover back where he once stood: \u003cb\u003eat the centre of American political history.\u003c\/b\u003e In telling his story, Gage shines a light on great social and political changes in 20th century America, from policing and civil rights to political culture and ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Revelatory'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40771303047265,"sku":"9780857201058","price":37.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_11654664_jpg.jpg?v=1706150578","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857201058-g-man","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}