HOOVER, J. Edgar.
Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It.
New York: Henry Holt and Company , 1958.
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First edition of J. Edgar Hoover's Masters of Deceit; inscribed by him in the year of publication to American journalist Austin Kiplinger
First edition of the Director of the FBI's forceful work on Communism in 1950s America. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Austin Kiplinger with personal regards J. Edgar Hoover 2.12.58." The recipient, Austin H. Kiplinger, was an American journalist and businessman. In addition to his journalism career, he was a collector of Washingtoniana and the research library at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. in Mount Vernon Square is named in his honor. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
In Masters of Deceit, J. Edgar Hoover examines the presence and threat of communism in America, from its beginnings to the late 1950s, relaying his knowledge of the day-to-day operations of the Communist Party: describing life within it, communist strategy and tactics, methods of mass agitation and underground infiltration, espionage, and sabotage. His forceful, driving message is clarified with incidents, anecdotes, definitions of communist terms, key dates, and a list of international communist publications.
Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It.
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