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The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency
- Title
- The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency / Willard M. Oliver.
- Author
- Oliver, Willard M.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 329 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Birth of the FBI traces the roots of the struggle between President Roosevelt and Congressman Tawney in the creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"--
- Alternative Title
- Birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Subjects
- Political corruption
- Public land sales
- Law enforcement > Political aspects
- United States > Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States > Congress
- United States > Secret Service
- Political corruption > United States > History > 20th century
- Politics and government
- Public land sales > United States > History > 20th century
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Law enforcement > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1901-1909
- History
- United States > Congress > History > 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Tawney, James A (James Albertus), 1855-1919
- United States > Secret Service > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Federal law enforcement -- Pinkerton's detectives -- Counterfeiters -- Assassinations -- Secret Service -- The making of president Theodore Roosevelt -- Conservation -- Land thieves -- Chairman James A. Tawney -- The Bureau of Investigation -- Born in controversy -- The battle over the Bureau -- Sore losers & petty politics -- The aftermath -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5802
- ISBN
- 9781442265035
- 1442265035
- LCCN
- 2018054400
- OCLC
- 1056689350
- Author
- Oliver, Willard M., author.
- Title
- The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency / Willard M. Oliver.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Oliver, Willard M., author. Birth of the FBI Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781442265042 (DLC) 2019001800
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5802