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The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency
Author
Title
The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency / Willard M. Oliver.
ISBN
9781442265035
1442265035
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Physical Description
xi, 329 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Birth of the FBI traces the roots of the struggle between President Roosevelt and Congressman Tawney in the creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Other formats
Online version: Oliver, Willard M., author. Birth of the FBI Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 06, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue
Federal law enforcement
Pinkerton's detectives
Counterfeiters
Assassinations
Secret Service
The making of president Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation
Land thieves
Chairman James A. Tawney
The Bureau of Investigation
Born in controversy
The battle over the Bureau
Sore losers & petty politics
The aftermath
Epilogue.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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