J. Edgar Hoover: The Father of the Cold War

624 Pages·2000·29.168 MB·English

by  R. Andrew Kiel

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J. EDGAR HOOVER
The Father of the Cold War
How His Obsession with Communism Led to the Warren
Commission Coverup and Escalation of the Vietnam War
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Kiel, R. Andrew
J. Edgar Hoover : the father of the Cold War : how his obsession
with communism led to the Warren Commission coverup and
escalation of the Vietnam War / R. Andrew Kiel.
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Includes bibiographical references and index.
l. Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972. 2. Subversive activities—
United States—History—20" century. 3. Communism—
United States—History—20" century. 4. Cold War. 5. Kennedy, John F. (John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963—Assassination. 6. United States. Warren Commission. 7.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975—United States. 8. United States. Federal Bureau of
Investigation—History—20" century. I. Title
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Dedicated to
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements and Use of Sources
Introduction
Part 1 The Father of the Cold War:
doover’s Obsession With
Communism
Chapter1 Historiographical Comparison of
Research on J. Edgar Hoover
Chapter 2 Communism and Hoover:
How They Emerged Together
Chapter3 The Palmer Raids
Chapter4 Consolidating and Expanding 41
Hoover’s Power at the Bureau
Chapter5 Hoover at the Peak of His Influence 61
on the Anti-Communist Movement
Chapter 6 Hoover and John Kennedy 73
Part 2 Obstruction of Justice:
The Warren Commission Coverup
Chapter 7 The Communists 127
or the Right-Wing
Chapter 8 Lee Harvey Oswald, the 143
“Lone Communist Assassin”
Chapter 9 The Altering of Evidence 179
The Intimidation of Witnesses
And the Single Bullet Theory
Chapter 10 Hoover and Johnson: 213
Obstruction of Justice
Chapter 11 “Those Who Were There 229
Were Wrong and Confused”
Chapter 12 Jack Ruby, the Middle Man 255
Chapter 13 The Autopsy and the Secret 281
Service
Chapter 14 Conclusion of Obstruction of 311
Justice
Part 3 Escalation of the Vietnam War
Chapter 15 Vietnam: A Historical Overview 341
Chapter 16 The Formation of Policy Views 355
on Vietnam by Kennedy and
Johnson
Chapter 17 “They Are the Ones Who Have to 369
Win It or Lose It”
Chapter 18 A Clean Break 413
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