Enemies : A History of the FBI

by Weiner, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781400067480
• ISBN10: 1400067480
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-14
• Publisher: Random House

Summary

Enemiesis the first definitive history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. We think of the FBI as America's police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau's first and foremost mission. Enemiesis the story of how presidents have used the FBI as the most formidable intelligence force in American history. Here is the hidden history of America's hundred-year war on terror. The FBI has fought against terrorists, spies, anyone it deemed subversive-and sometimes American presidents. The FBI's secret intelligence and surveillance techniques have created a tug-of-war between protecting national security and infringing upon civil liberties. It is a tension that strains the very fabric of a free republic. From the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xv
Spies and Saboteurs
Anarchy	p. 3
Revolution	p. 7
Traitors	p. 13
Communists	p. 26
"Who is Mr. Hoover?"	p. 33
Underworlds	p. 47
"They never stopped watching us"	p. 60
Red Flags	p. 65
World War
The Business of Spying	p. 73
The Juggler	p. 81
Secret Intelligence	p. 92
"To strangle the United States"	p. 96
Law of War	p. 109
The Machine of Detection	p. 119
Organizing the World	p. 125
Cold War
No Gestapo	p. 131
Showdown	p. 140
"Red fascism"	p. 147
Surprise Attack	p. 151
Paranoia	p. 163
"It looks like World War III is here"	p. 171
No Sense of Decency	p. 179
Game Without Rules	p. 188
The Long Shadow	p. 191
"Don't trust anybody"	p. 202
Immoral Conduct	p. 211
"Murder was in style"	p. 216
Dangerous Man	p. 223
Rule by Fear	p. 230
"You got this phone tapped?"	p. 239
"The man I'm depending on"	p. 253
Clearly Illegal	p. 264
The Ultimate Weapon	p. 277
"Pull down the temple"	p. 288
War on Terror
Conspirators	p. 307
"The Bureau cannot survive"	p. 320
House of Cards	p. 329
"A state of continual danger"	p. 337
The Price of Silence	p. 351
Mosaic	p. 367
The Blind Sheikh	p. 374
Flaws in the Armor	p. 382
An Easy Target	p. 396
All Our Weapons	p. 413
"If we don't do this, people will die"	p. 432
Afterword	p. 449
Notes	p. 451
Index	p. 513
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