A G-man's life : the FBI, being "Deep Throat," and the struggle for honor in Washington /
This account of Mark Felt's FBI career, from the end of the great American crime wave through World War II, the culture wars of the 1960s, and his conviction for his role in penetrating the Weather Underground, provides a historical and personal context to the "Deep Throat" chapter of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Public Affairs,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | This account of Mark Felt's FBI career, from the end of the great American crime wave through World War II, the culture wars of the 1960s, and his conviction for his role in penetrating the Weather Underground, provides a historical and personal context to the "Deep Throat" chapter of his life. It also provides Felt's personal recollections of the Watergate scandal, which he wrote in 1982 and kept secret, in which he explains how he came to feel that the FBI needed a "Lone Ranger" to protect it from White House corruption.--From publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xliv, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 1586483773 9781586483777 1586484435 9781586484439 |