The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover : Rise and Fall of a Domestic Intelligence State.

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Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; A Note on Sources; 1. Domestic Security in a Modern Liberal State; The Role of the FBI; The State and Its Security: Three Models; Autonomy and Insularity; Status of the FBI; 2. The Liberal Theory of Internal Security; Politics of Emergency Detention; The Liberal Theory; Unintended Consequences; 3. A Politics of Equivocation: The Liberals, the Klan, and Dr. King; Dimensions of the White Hate Cointelpro; Liberal Theory Revised-1964; The FBI and Civil Rights in the South; Hoover Versus King; 4. The End of the FBI-Liberal Entente; Stage I: Uneasy Alliance.

Stage II: Increasing AlienationStage III: ""The Threat to Liberty""; Dénouement; 5. Rise of a Domestic Intelligence State; Investigation, Infiltration, and Disruption; Toward an Independent Security State; 6. Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index.

In the super-heated anticommunist politics of the early Cold War period, American liberals turned to the FBI. With the Communist party to the left of them and McCarthyism to the right, liberal leaders saw the Bureau as the only legitimate instrument to define and protect the internal security interests of the state. McCarthyism provided ample proof of the dangers of security by congressional investigation. In response, liberals delegated extensive powers to J. Edgar Hoover--creating a domestic intelligence capacity that circumvented constitutional and legal controls. This balanced account o.

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