Broken: The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9781416568223
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1416568220
ISBN-13
9781416568223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63348011
Product Key Features
Book Title
Broken : the Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
International Relations / Arms Control, Law Enforcement, General, Security (National & International), Criminology
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
John Lehmanformer Secretary of the Navy and member of the 9/11 CommissionPowers presents a shocking and accurate picture of why the FBI developed an institutional culture that rendered it blind to the threat from international terror.Brokenis required reading for anyone who wants to understand how the FBI failed to operate as an effective defense against al Qaeda in the run-up to 9/11, despite the best efforts of some very fine agents.
Dewey Decimal
363.25/0973
Table Of Content
Contents ONE A Shadow of Itself TWO A New Force (1902-1908) THREE The First Decade (1909-1918) FOUR Red Webs and Normalcy (1919-1933) FIVE Hollywood (1933-1945) SIX The Cold War FBI (1945-1961) SEVEN A Secret Society (1961-1972) EIGHT A Haunted Bureau (1972-1978) NINE Exorcising the Ghosts (1978-1993) TEN Louis Freeh's FBI (1993-September 11, 2001) Afterword: End or Mend? Notes Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
The FBI that failed on 9/11 is the creation and captive of its spectacular and controversial past. Its original mission -- the investigation and prosecution of only the most serious crimes against the United States -- was forsaken almost from the beginning. This abandonment of purpose has been accompanied by a long history of political pressure, both from within and without. This sorry and scandal-ridden path culminated in a twenty-five-year run-up to 9/11 in which predictable and preventable lapses became hopelessly entrenched. In Broken, Richard Gid Powers, one of the country's leading historians of national security and law enforcement, offers a definitive and provocative study of the Bureau from its origins to the present. Combing through the archives, and interviewing more than 100 past and current agents, he unearths stories behind some of the most famous cases and characters in our history. Powers, who attended new-agent training classes at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, was granted access to restricted FBI facilities. His research included visits to the scenes of controversial FBI cases across the country, including Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the Indian reservation at Pine Ridge. Powers did not set out to write a muckraking attack, and he gives the Bureau its due for many triumphs. Nonetheless, his story features an astonishing range of political abuses, misdirected investigations, skewed priorities, and sheer intelligence failures. From the Bureau's outrageous participation in the anticommunist Palmer Raids and their successors, to its abuses of civil liberties during the Cold War, to its flagrant acts of domestic political interference during the civil rights era, it has often seemed to be consumed by feuds with such opponents as Harry Truman, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kennedys, and Bill Clinton. With the discovery of turncoat spies within its own ranks, and with the severe intelligence failures of 9/11, the Bureau has finally proven itself incapable of spotting the true enemies of our country within our borders. Richard Powers's account is a searing indictment of failure, yet it is also strong evidence that the Bureau could be returned to its original mission of detecting the most serious crimes against the United States: terrorism, political corruption, corporate crime, and organized crime. Readers must decide for themselves whether America should mend it or end it.
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- 2***4 (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis book is in perfect like new condition! Appears to have never been read....the pages are clean crisp and inviting....much better than described. The price value is really super nice, as the fast shipping is. My books arrived double wrapped which prevented any damage during delivery...love that. I will certainly be shopping with this Seller again. Seller cares about the books they sell and the customer service is a big WOW. Thank you Seller!
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- n***m (677)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook was in very good condition as described. Quick shipping but mailed in thin plastic film bag so book arrived with one corner's cover and pages slightly bent. Decent value vs buying new.