Policing Show Business: J. Edgar Hoover, the Hollywood Blacklist, and Cold War Movies - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700637935ISBN-10:700637931UPC:9780700637935Book Category:Political Science, Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Intelligence & Espionage, Film, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCD1EC6YH0
Policing Show Business: J. Edgar Hoover, the Hollywood Blacklist, and Cold War Movies
In Policing Show Business, Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J. Edgar Hoover in the development of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1940s and 1950s. As director of the FBI, Hoover poured resources into scrutinizing show business, a policy choice unjustified by any corresponding threat to public security. He detailed agents to write regular reports on actors, screenwriters,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700637935ISBN-10:700637931UPC:9780700637935Book Category:Political Science, Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Intelligence & Espionage, Film, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCD1EC6YH0
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