{"product_id":"g-man-pulitzer-prize-winner-j-edgar-hoover-and-the-making-of-the-american-century-9780593511466","title":"G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow in paperback, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J Edgar Hoover deemed \"Masterful...an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work\"by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(and everywhere else)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Revelatory...an acknowledgment of the complexities that made Hoover who he was, while charging the turbulent currents that eventually swept him aside.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eG-Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. Hoover transformed a scandal-riddled law-enforcement backwater, into a modern machine--one just as oppressive as it was promising. He rose to power and then stayed there, decade after decade, using the tools of the state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly Gage's monumental work explores the full sweep of Hoover's life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family to a strongarm for white supremacists and the politicized Christian right, serving eight presidents. \u003ci\u003eG-Man \u003c\/i\u003eplaces Hoover back where he once stood in American political history--not at the fringes, but at the center--and uses his story to explain the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gage's penetrating account of Hoover's career, especially his many long-eclipsed triumphs, offers a well-timed and sobering perspective as yet another institution in our fractured country struggles to maintain trust.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gage's triumph is her deft navigation through Hoover's 'deep state, ' while reminding us of the abuse of power that remains his enduring legacy.\"\u003cb\u003e--The \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14349243\"\u003eBeverly Gage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593511466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593511468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO010000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL036000\"\u003eIntelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeverly Gage is professor of 20th-century American history at Yale. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Day Wall Street Exploded\u003c\/i\u003e, which examined the history of terrorism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She writes frequently for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44477195288813,"sku":"9780593511466","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_1a6a8302-8dd8-47bf-ada7-3fd14c8c2a18.jpg?v=1747493157","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/g-man-pulitzer-prize-winner-j-edgar-hoover-and-the-making-of-the-american-century-9780593511466","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}