Of G-Men and Eggheads: The FBI and the New York Intellectuals

by John Rodden

Book Overview

Spy romances of Cold War counterespionage evoke scenes of heroic FBI and CIA agents dedicated to smashing communism and its subversive coterie of intellectual fellow travelers bent on painting the world red.

John Rodden cuts this tall tale down to its authentic pint size, refusing to indulge the public relations myth promoted by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. In Of G-Men and Eggheads, Rodden portrays federal agents' hilarious obsession with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252040473
• ISBN13: 9780252040474
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"