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The last honest man : the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys - and one senator's fight to save democracy
Risen, James2024
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Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and had become a scathing, radical critic of what he saw as American imperialism around the world. But he was still politically ambitious, privately yearning for acceptance from the foreign policy establishment that he hated and eager to run for president. Despite his flaws, Church would show historic strength in his greatest moment, when in the wake of Watergate, he was suddenly tasked with investigating abuses of power in the intelligence community. The dark truths that Church exposed--from assassination plots by the CIA, to links between the Kennedy dynasty and the mafia, to the surveillance of civil rights activists by the NSA and FBI--would shake the nation to its core, and forever change the way that Americans thought about not only their government but also their ability to hold it accountable. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews, thousands of pages of recently declassified documents, and reams of unpublished letters, notes, and memoirs, some of which remain sensitive today, James Risen tells the gripping, untold story of truth and integrity standing against unchecked power--and winning--in this book --
Main title:
The last honest man : the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys - and one senator's fight to save democracy / by James Risen, with Thomas Risen.
Author:
Risen, JamesRisen, Tom, author
Edition:
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Imprint:
New York : Back Bay Books / Little, Brown And Company, 2024.©2023.
Collation:
ix, 467 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"Senator Cathedral"Happier timesThe finest diction in the ArmyIf you don't run you will never get therePersona non grataA betrayalWar prolonged and unendingWe stand up nowAn enormous hue and cryAs long as the KGB does itWe have stood watchThis will cost you the presidencyA delicate balanceThe dirty factsLike what? Like assassinations.I had been asked by my government to solicit his cooperationWho will rid me of this man?The White House, can I help you?We met your man in the CongoWhat the President wanted to happenThe abyss from which there is no returnUnder a double shadowThe man who made a police state out of AmericaNo holds were barredVindicated and pleasedAs dangerous as any stimulantOne more service to renderI see you have a presidential haircutAnd then it was overI've got to do itThey did great damage.
ISBN:
9780316565141 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY
Language:
English
Subject:
Church, Frank, 1924-1984United States. Congress. Senate -- BiographyPoliticians -- United States -- BiographyLegislators -- United States -- BiographyPolitical corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Politics and Government -- 1945-1989United States -- Politics and Government -- 1945-1953United States -- Politics and Government -- 1974-1977
BRN:
507117
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | BIOGRAPHY CHUR | Onloan - Due: 03 Feb 2025 |