FBI. True story

A provocative, extremely interesting, meticulously researched book by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner is dedicated to the century-long history of the FBI and can rightfully be considered a comprehensive encyclopedia of the activities of this secret US intelligence service. Drawing on dossiers that have been declassified in recent years, the author presents FBI founding father J. Edgar Hoover in his true light. Tells how the agent network was created and improved. How Hoover carried out almost unthinkable tasks: spying on the leaders of the Soviet Union and China during the darkest period of the Cold War, overseeing coups d'etat against democratically elected foreign leaders, skillfully destabilizing the presidents of the United States. How he waged political war and managed state affairs for the purposes of national security, often acting at the expense of morality. Analyzing the efforts of FBI leaders in the war against terrorists, spies, anarchists and assassins, Tim Weiner raises an important moral question about whether society is ready to give up guarantees of freedom and allow intelligence agents to illegally infiltrate the private lives of citizens for the sake of promises of security.