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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.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  363.2509 OLIVER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.25 OLI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.25 OLIVER    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  363.250973 OLIVER    Check Shelf
Description xi, 329 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
Contents Federal law enforcement -- Pinkerton's detectives -- Counterfeiters -- Assassinations -- The 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 and petty politics -- The aftermath -- Epilogue.
Summary Most people believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation began under J. Edgar Hoover in the 1920s or 1930s. Many also naturally assume it was developed for the express purpose of fighting crime. However, the reality is very different. The agency actually began years earlier, in 1908, under President Theodore Roosevelt. Willard Oliver details the political fight that led to the birth of America's premier law enforcement agency. Roosevelt was concerned about conservation and one issue he wanted enforced were the fraudulent land deals being perpetrated by many people, including some members of Congress. When he began using the Secret Service to investigate these crimes, Congress blocked him from doing so. The end result of this political spat was Roosevelt's creation of a Federal Bureau of Investigation, which heightened the political row between the two branches of government in the final year of Roosevelt's presidency.
Subject United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Secret Service -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Tawney, James A. (James Albertus), 1855-1919.
United States. Congress -- History -- 20th century.
Law enforcement -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Public land sales -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Executive-legislative relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1909.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. (OCoLC)fst00032496
United States. Congress. (OCoLC)fst00529490
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (OCoLC)fst00528882
United States. Secret Service. (OCoLC)fst00540229
Law enforcement -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00993972
Political corruption. (OCoLC)fst01069240
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Public land sales. (OCoLC)fst01082567
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Other Form: Online version: Oliver, Willard M. Birth of the FBI. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781442265042 (DLC) 2019001800
ISBN 9781442265035 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1442265035 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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