Chasing spies : how the FBI failed in counterintelligence but promoted the politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War years /
by Theoharis, Athan G.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2002Description: vii, 307 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1566634202.Subject(s): United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History | Intelligence service -- United States | Soviet espionage | Cold war | United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-Summary: Presents evidence from U.S. and Soviet intelligence files to support the author's argument that the FBI's failure to find and convict Soviet agents in the 1940s and 1950s was due largely to its concentration on ferreting out communists through illegal means.
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Book | NF 327.1273 T (Browse shelf) | Available | H033285555 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Presents evidence from U.S. and Soviet intelligence files to support the author's argument that the FBI's failure to find and convict Soviet agents in the 1940s and 1950s was due largely to its concentration on ferreting out communists through illegal means.
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