The FBI - A Centennial History, 1908-2008

Klappentext As part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBIs) 100th anniversary they have put together the first comprehensive history of the FBI. "The FBI: A Centennial History! 1908-2008" traces the FBIs evolution over the past century from a makeshift band of 34 investigators to a full-fledged national security and intelligence agency with 30!000 special agents and specialized professionals working around the globe to protect the nation. The book contains seven key chapters in FBI history! showing how the Bureau has been there for our country every step of the wayfrom World War I and the early days of terrorism to the gangster-driven crime wave of the 20s and 30s)from the anxious age of World War II and the Cold War to the turbulent 60s and its burgeoning civil rights movement)from the systemic corruption of the Watergate years to the rise of global terror and crime and the transformative post-9/11 era. Readers will see the FBI take on a seemingly endless

Product details

• Authors: Michael P Kortan, Michael P. Kortan, John J Miller, John J. Miller, Robert S Mueller, Robert S. Mueller, Not Available (NA)
• Publisher: Claitors publishing division
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2008
• EAN: 9780160809552
• ISBN: 978-0-16-080955-2
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous