Enemies : A History of the FBI (Hardcover)

from LVassmer

Thank you Early Reviewers! I found this book to be highly informative and an interesting read into the history of the FBI. The book is obviously well researched and from page to page I found myself telling anyone around me the new tidbits I was reading. I did find myself being unable to sit and r...

from michigantrumpet

As a former state prosecutor, I fall generally in the 'law and order' camp. I am also a firm believer in the rule of law. Surprisingly, this compelling and engrossing history of the FBI had me writing out a check to the ACLU. A secret police force may be necessary for law enforcement and security...

from nbmars

Tim Weiner begins his extensively-researched history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by observing that "Over the decades, the Bureau has best served the cause of national security by bending and breaking the law." The 104 years of the Bureau's existence has been a constant tug-of-war betwe...

from sherman1951

This book is both frightening and reassuring. It is frightening to know what the FBI has done it is almost 100 year history in the name of national security. The obsession, first with Communism, and then the New Left, and anti-war movements; the failures on identifying real Communists and spies w...

from NewsieQ

After finishing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starting Enemies was a bit of a letdown. I went from a scintillating piece of narrative non-fiction of the can't-put-it-down/page-turner variety to a pretty straightforward history of the FBI, written in a flat, journalistic style. But I reali...