Fidelity, Bravery, & Integrity: The History of the FBI. Silhouette Productions, Inc., 1998.Call Number: HV 8144. F43F53 1998
Abstract: A condensed history of the FBI, from its origins in 1908 under Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, to the years under the direction of Louie Freeh.

Firefight. North Carolina Justice Academy Video Productions, 56 min., 1988.Call Number: HV 8141 .F57 1988 A/V
Abstract: A detailed discussion and re-enactment of the FBI Miami shootout from a weapons defensive tactics approach.

Inside the FBI. PBS Video, 2 vols., 105 min. each, 1995. Call Number: HV 8144 .F43155 1995 A/V
Abstract: Comprehensive look at the FBI, showing how it has changed from the days of J. Edgar Hoover into the agency it is today.

Jack Anderson: The Fall of J. Edgar Hoover. A&E Home Video, 48 min., 1995.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43J33 A/V
Abstract: Go to Washington with nationally known columnist Anderson to recount his extraordinary feud with J. Edgar Hoover. Anderson begins by recalling the origins of their battles in the 1950's, when he irked the FBI chief by exposing the scope of the Mafia. It was a threat that Hoover had previously downplayed, and the expose earned the columnist the permanent enmity of Hoover. Anderson also tells of Hoover's retaliation and continual harassment, which lasted into the 1970's, and reflects on the controversies surrounding Hoover's personal life.

Silence of the Lambs. Orion Home Video, 118 min., 1997. Call Number: PN 1997 .S534 1991 A/V
Abstract: Originally released as a motion picture in 1990, Academy Award winning film starring Jodie Foster as FBI agent-trainee Clarice Starling and her role in the capture of a notorious serial killer. The film's depiction of the Bureau's highly refined techniques of criminal profiling increased applications for appointments as special agents (especially among women). Some scenes were shot on location at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. See also the precursor Thomas Harris FBI thriller, Manhunter (PN 1997 .M36 1996 A/V) and the latest sequel, Hannibal (PS 3558 .A6558H36), currently available in both book and audiobook formats.

Blackstock, Nelson. COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1988.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43B57
Abstract: This book provides an in-depth look at the covert and illegal FBI counterintelligence program code-named COINTELPRO. Much of what is known about this decades-long political disruption program is the result of evidence forced to light through a lawsuit brought by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) against FBI spying, harassment, and disruption. Filed in 1973 at the height of the Watergate crisis, the suit was settled 13 years later when a federal judge ruled in favor of the SWP and YSA. The COINTELPRO operations described in this book provide an unprecedented look at the methods used by the FBI, CIA, military intelligence, and other US police agencies. Despite the author's intentions, he also records pieces of the history of efforts to build the communist movement in the United States.

Blum, Howard. Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.Call Number: HV 6452 .N73M342 1993
Abstract: Best-selling author and prize-winning journalist Howard Blum tells the riveting and suspenseful story of the FBI's C-16 Organized Crime squad, a group of modern-day Untouchables who waged a grim six-year battle to bring down this generation's Al Capone--John Gotti.

Bonavolonta, Jules and Brian Duffy. The Good Guys: How We Turned the FBI 'Round--and Finally Broke the Mob. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.Call Number: HV 7911 .B645A3 1996
Abstract: Here is the extraordinary true story of the FBI agent whose tireless pursuit of justice brought down the most powerful Mafia families in New York--and forever revolutionized the investigative procedures of the FBI. What Agent Bonavolonta was unprepared for was how difficult the FBI itself--with its bureaucratic intransigence and obsession with arrest numbers--would make that task. He tells how he put together his "band of revolutionaries," including technical wizard Jim Kallstrom who set up the first Gambino wiretap that led to the downfall of the boss of bosses, Paul Castellano; Louie Freeh, who would one day become FBI director; and Joe Pistone, who for six years posed as wiseguy Donnie Brasco and whose testimony would fracture the Bonanno crime family.

Bromwich, Michael R. The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory Practices and Alleged Misconduct in Explosives-Related and Other Cases. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1997. Call Number: J 1.14/2:L 11/2
Abstract: Report of the US Department of Justice Inspector General's investigation into allegations of wrongdoing and improper practices within certain sections of the FBI Laboratory. Many of the cases discussed are from recent history, such as the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings.

Buttino, Frank and Lou Buttino. A Special Agent: Gay and Inside the FBI. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993.Call Number: HV 7911 .B87A3 1993
Abstract: He was born on February 18, 1945. He joined the FBI as a special agent on July 28, 1969. For more than 20 years, he worked organized crime, narcotics and foreign counterintelligence investigations. Some of these assignments were undercover; others involved highly publicized cases. On January 31, 1990, his Top Secret security clearance was revoked. He was fired on June 20, 1990. He is gay. This is his story.

Carson, Clayborne. Malcolm X: The FBI File. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1991.Call Number: BP 223 .Z8L5794 1991
Abstract: The FBI opened its file on Malcolm X shortly after his release from a Boston prison in March 1953. Twelve years later, on February 21, 1965, he was assassinated in a hail of bullets. Yet his fascinating story survived his violent death and a vital part of that story is found in this book. This extraordinary work distills the voluminous file kept by the FBI on Malcolm X, which ran 3,600 pages.

Charns, Alexander. Cloak and Gavel: FBI Wiretaps, Bugs, Informers, and the Supreme Court. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992.Call Number: KF 8742 .C45 1992
Abstract: A definitive work on the FBI-Supreme Court relationship, based on thousands of pages of FBI documents and research using Justice Abe Fortas' papers. It establishes Hoover's strategies to influence the Senate confirmation process, incite the public against the Warren Court, lobby for legislation to counteract judicial rulings, and use numerous informants inside the Court to both monitor and influence it.

Coulson, Danny O. and Elaine Shannon. No Heroes: Inside the FBI's Secret Counter-Terror Force. New York: Pocket Books, 1999.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43C68 1999
Abstract: Surrounding a heavily patrolled racist stronghold in the black of night, or venturing into dank tunnels underneath a prison held by crazed rioters, an intrepid group of men challenge evil on its own turf. Under the expert leadership of Danny O. Coulson, these highly trained agents of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) execute perilous missions in crises too volatile for SWAT teams and in explosive situations where there are no heroes. This book opens a long-locked door into the secretive world of the HRT, the civilian equivalent of the US military's elite Delta Force.

Davis, James Kirkpatrick. Assault on the Left: The FBI and the Sixties Antiwar Movement. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997.Call Number: DS 559.62 .U6D38 1997
Abstract: The New Left was founded in 1962 and, as a social and political protest movement, it captured the attention of the nation in the Sixties. By 1968, the New Left was marching in unison with hundreds of political action groups to achieve one goal--the end of the war in Vietnam. Under J. Edgar Hoover's direction, the FBI went from an intelligence collection agency during WWII, to an organization that tried to undermine protest movements like the New Left. Hoover viewed the New Left as a threat to the American way of life, so in an enormous effort of questionable legality, the FBI implemented 285 counter-intelligence (COINTELPRO) actions against the New Left. The purpose of COINTELPRO was to "infiltrate, disrupt, and otherwise neutralize" the entire movement.

DeLoach, Cartha ADeke. Hoover's FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover's Trusted Lieutenant. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1995. Call Number: HV 8138 .D34 1995
Abstract: The author was privy to Hoover's thoughts and actions during the most tumultuous years of the FBI. Throughout the 1960's, he was the number three man in the BureauBoutranked only by Hoover and Clyde TolsonBand one of Hoover's most trusted deputies. For this reason, his precise, highly readable narrative is the most authentic account ever written about the FBI. The book answers questions that have plagued modern history mostBthe assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the FBI crusades against organized crime and the Communist Party, Hoover's disputed sexual orientation, and the secret files Hoover allegedly kept to blackmail hostile members of Congress. DeLoach paints a portrait of Hoover different from any yet revealedBand one that will ring true to objective readers, while disappointing both rabid Hoover haters and uncritical Hoover worshipers. Also available as an audiobook at HV 7911 .H6H66 1996 A/V.

DeLong, Candice and Elisa Petrini. Special Agent: My Life on the Front Lines As a Woman in the FBI. New York: Hyperion, 2001.Call Number: HV 7911 .D443A3 2001
Abstract: For 20 years, Candice DeLong was on the front lines of some of the FBI's most memorable and gripping cases. Some have called her a real-life Clarice Starling and a female Donnie Brasco. She has tailed terrorists, gone undercover as a gangster's moll, and was one of the agents chosen to carry out the manhunt for the Unabomber in Montana. For the first time, she reveals the dangers and rewards of her career as a field profiler in the FBI--the world's most powerful law enforcement agency. She traces the unusual career path that led to her crime fighting and recounts the obstacles she faced as a woman and as a fledgling agent.

Douglas, John and Mark Olshaker. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit. New York: Scribner, 1995.Call Number: HV 7911 .D68.A3 1995
Abstract: Far removed from the light of the sun, in basement offices 60 feet below ground at the Training Academy of the FBI in Quantico, Virginia, a small and elite group confronts one of our deepest and most primal fears: the fear of evil lurking among us. They are known as the Investigative Support Unit and their leader is John Douglas. As chief of the team that tackles the most baffling and senseless of unsolved violent crimes, Douglas is the man who ushered in a new age in behavioral science and criminal profiling. In this book, you will accompany him on his journeys into the dark recesses and calculated madness present only in our worst nightmares.

Garrow, David J. The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From "Solo" to Memphis. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1981.Call Number: E 185.97 .K5G37 1981
Abstract: This book explains why the FBI pursued Martin Luther King, Jr., throughout the 1960's. It argues that the Bureau's probe of King went through three different periods of development, and that distinctly dissimilar motives underlay the FBI's behavior in each of these phases. It further argues that the Bureau's conduct in the King investigation was indicative of more than just its attitude toward one man, and that a careful analysis of why the FBI went after King can point toward a broader understanding of why the FBI acted as it did toward a whole range of individuals and organizations.

Gelbspan, Ross. Break-Ins, Death Threats and the FBI: The Covert War Against the Central America Movement. Boston: South End Press, 1991.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43G45 1991
Abstract: This book raises the curtain on the Bureau's secret attempts to undermine and demonize the nationwide network of individuals and protest groups opposed to the Reagan Administration's Central America policies and programs. The author demonstrates that the more than 200 verified instances of break-in, burglaries, death threats, harassment, and arson cannot be viewed, as many preferred, as a series of scattered horror stories; this campaign must be recognized as a unified plot to eliminate critics and opponents of Reagan's Central American initiatives.

Gentry, Curt. J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6G46 1991
Abstract: For almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover held virtually unchecked public power. He manipulated every president from FDR to Nixon but shrank from human contact. He was a mass of contradictions--a hypochondriac who became a national hero, a bachelor obsessed with sexual slander, a federal official with possible connections to organized crime. Hoover literally changed the course of US history with files the Justice Department called "12 drawers full of political cancer."

Haines, Gerald K. and David A. Langbart. Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1993.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43H35 1993
Abstract: Helpful reference book in that it identifies the contents and organization of the FBI's various files and classification system. Will prove helpful for those seeking to obtain FBI files under the Freedom of Information Act or understand the classification system of released FBI files.

Howe, Russell Warren. Sleeping With The FBI: Sex, Booze, Russians and the Saga of An American Counterspy Who Couldn't. Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1993.Call Number: E 183.8 .S65H73 1993
Abstract: Special Agent Richard Miller, a member in bad standing with the FBI's Los Angeles Office, was short, fat, addicted to candy bars--and sold Amway products on company time. Though ludicrously incompetent, he dreamed of becoming the first FBI agent to penetrate the KGB. At the core of his scheme was an affair with addled, heavy-drinking Svetlana Ogorodnikova, whom he naively believed would pave the way for his infiltration into the Soviet spy network. But he made the mistake of not telling his superiors what he was up to and on October 3, 1984, Miller was arrested and charged with espionage. Based on FBI files, trial testimony, and interviews with the principals, this book is a sometimes hilarious, often poignant account of the FBI's clumsy handling of the case of a foolish man blinded by love and the prospect of becoming a star in the counter-espionage firmament.

Jeffreys, Diarmuid. The Bureau: Inside the Modern FBI. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43J44 1995
Abstract: A behind-the-scenes look, based on a PBS television series, at the FBI in its post-J. Edgar Hoover years, showing how the most sophisticated law enforcement agency meets the ever more difficult demands of keeping up with crime in modern society.

Kelley, Clarence M. and James Kirkpatrick Davis. Kelley: The Story of an FBI Director. Kansas City, MO: Andrews, McMeel & Parker, 1987.Call Number: HV 7911 .K37A3 1987
Abstract: For 55 months--from July 1973 until February 1978--Clarence Kelley stood in the eye of the hurricane. All around him whipped the storms of chaos, controversy, and calamity: the emotional deterioration and resignation of a US president, the stunning events of the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the aftershocks of Wounded Knee, and the unfolding truth about the mismanagement by domestic intelligence agencies of information related to the Kennedy assassination. This is the inside story of law enforcement in the United States from 1940-1978 as told by a man who witnessed some of the most turbulent events in modern American history. From FBI agent to chief of police to director of the FBI, Kelley's integrity and honesty stand out against the backdrop of organizations and administrations marked by secretive and covert activities.

Kelly, John F. and Phillip Wearne. Tainting Evidence: Inside the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab. New York: Free Press, 1998.Call Number: HV 8141 .K47 1998
Abstract: From the Unabomber to O.J. to Oklahoma City to Ruby Ridge, this book examines scandals at the FBI crime lab. Since the 1930's, the FBI's crime-fighting reputation has been built in large part on its forensic laboratory. Since then, many scandals have rocked the lab and this book exposes many new shocking revelations as well as critical commentaries.

Kerby, Phil. With Honor and Purpose: An Ex-FBI Investigator Reports From the Front Lines of Crime. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.Call Number: HV 7911 .K39A3 1998
Abstract: Walk in the shoes of an actual FBI agent as he does battle with society's dark side. Whether busting America's biggest pimp, nailing a top mafia street boss, or working against the clock to hunt down would-be bombers, it's all in a day's work for highly decorated FBI agent Phil Kerby.

Kessler, Ronald. The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency. New York: Pocket Books, 1993.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43K47 1993
Abstract: Ronald Kessler, an investigative reporter who has worked for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, researched deep within the FBI to produce one of the most thorough looks ever at the Bureau. He shows how the FBI resolved such cases as the World Trade Center bombing, covered up internal problems, and instituted many technological changes in criminal investigations.

Lane, Mark and Dick Gregory. Murder in Memphis: The FBI and the Assassination of Martin Luther King. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993.Call Number: E 185.97 .K5L34 1993
Abstract: This book is an updated and expanded edition of "Code Name Zorro," published in 1977 by Prentice-Hall. The first eight chapters by Dick Gregory concern the life and times of Martin Luther King, and the remaining 21 chapters by Mark Lane present evidence that King's assassination may have been the work of a conspiracy involving Federal and local officials.

Lehr, Dick and Gerard O'Neill. Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI and a Devil's Deal. New York: Public Affairs, 2000.Call Number: HV 6452 .M4L45 2000
Abstract: Black Mass expertly details the twists and turns of a complex story in which the criminals and the lawmen eventually become virtually indistinguishable, painting a vivid portrait of Boston's underbelly and its inclusive political machine, as well as exposing one of the worst scandals in FBI history.

Michaud, Stephen G. and Roy Hazelwood. The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.Call Number: HV 6592 .M53 1999
Abstract: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood is the world's leading expert on the strangest, most dangerous of all aberrant offenders--the sexual criminal. In a fascinating career spent investigating and studying these macabre outlaws, Hazelwood has encountered every type, from sexual sadists to serial rapists. His cases have ranged from autoerotic deaths to staged suicides, and have included famous investigations from Toronto's notorious "Ken and Barbie" sexual killings to the Atlanta Child Murders and the fatal explosion that killed 47 sailors aboard the USS Iowa.

Newton, Michael and Judy Ann Newton. The FBI Most Wanted: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989.Call Number: HV 6785 .N48 1989
Abstract: A case-by-case description of fugitives who made the FBI's "Most Wanted" list from its inception on March 14, 1950, through the summer months of 1988. Their stories, taken in conjunction, are a profile and a history of criminal America.

O'Brien, Joseph F. and Andris Kurins. Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather: The FBI and Paul Castellano. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.Call Number: HV 6248 .C368O27 1991
Abstract: Compelling account of the last days of a failing Mafia don, written by the two FBI agents who managed to infiltrate Paul Castellano's Staten Island estate and gather evidence that eventually led to the indictment of many major Mafia kingpins in the highly publicized mob-busting Commission case of 1985.

O'Reilly, Kenneth. Hoover and the Un-Americans. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983.Call Number: E 743.5 .O73 1983
Abstract: A study of the anti-communism crusades of the 1950's and 1960's as waged by the FBI and the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Pistone, Joseph D. and Richard Woodley. Donnie Brasco. New York: Signet, 1989. Call Number: HV 7911 .P468A3 1989
Abstract: Posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious sting operation ever, working undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Mafia soldiers, connected guys, captains, and godfathers. With the drama and suspense of a high-tension thriller, he reveals every incredible aspect of the jealously guarded world he penetrated...and draws a chilling picture of what the Mafia is, does, and means in America today. Also available as American Justice documentary Donnie Brasco at HV 7911 .P468D67 1997 A/V and as the feature film Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp at HV 7911 .P468 1997 A/V.

Powers, Richard Gid. Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover. New York: The Free Press, 1987.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6P68 1988
Abstract: Drawing on previously unknown personal documents, thousands of FBI files, interviews with former agents, and the presidential papers of nine administrations, Powers reveals a man of inalterable ideals and convictions who clung to a private vision of an orderly, traditional America, and who vowed to crush anyone who threatened it.

Revell, Oliver Buck and Dwight Williams. A G-Man's Journal: A Legendary Career Inside the FBI--From the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing. New York: Pocket Books, 1998.Call Number: HV 7911 .R48A3 1998
Abstract: From 1964 to 1994, Buck Revell directed or participated in virtually every major FBI investigation--including the JFK assassination, Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, and Gulf War antiterrorist operations. As the former Associate Deputy Director in charge of investigations, the Bureau's number-two career post, he sealed his reputation as a legendary maverick in federal law enforcement. Now, in a landmark autobiography, he candidly reveals the brilliance and deep-rooted flaws behind 30 years of FBI investigations.

Rollins, Howard, et al. The Johnnie Gibson Story. Henerson-Hirsh Productions, 96 min., 1986. Call Number: PN 1997 .J64 A/V
Abstract: Based on the true story of the FBI's first female undercover agent, Johnnie Gibson, this made-for-television movie details the rise, risks and sacrifices of a tough, self-reliant and compassionate black woman from the rural South who navigated her way through the chauvinistic and male-dominated corridors of the nation's top law enforcement agency to become one of its highest ranking women.

Saline, Carol. Dr. Snow: How the FBI Nailed an Ivy League Coke King. New York: New American Library, 1988.Call Number: HV 5805 .L375S36 1988
Abstract: This riveting, true-crime story tracks the operations of multi-million-dollar yuppie king drug ring run by a 26-year-old dentist and two of his classmates. The three fell into drug dealing while college students as an easy way to make fast money and they soon learned to manage their underground enterprise as efficiently as any Fortune 500 firm. Awash in sex, drugs and money, they built a 50-kilo-a-month cocaine conglomerate, buying and selling enough white power to anesthetize 13 Eastern seaboard states--until the FBI cracked the ring.

Smith, Carter. A Day in the Life of an FBI Agent-in-Training. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1991.Call Number: HV 8144 /F43S65 1991
Abstract: Illustrated with photographs, this book portrays the daily regimen of an FBI agent recruit as he learns the skills and techniques needed to become an agent of the most elite law enforcement organization in the United States.

Sorensen, John Charles and Harry Smith. Biography: J. Edgar Hoover: Personal & Confidential. A&E Home Video, 93 min., 1999.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6J43 1999 A/V
Abstract: He took a relatively obscure Federal bureau and transformed it into the most famous law enforcement agency in the world. In the process, he became one of the nation's most powerful--and feared--men. J. Edgar Hoover was synonymous with law and order for nearly 50 years. He took over the FBI in 1924 at the age of 29 and headed it until his death in 1972. He took on Al Capone, Nazi saboteurs and Martin Luther King, Jr. His voluminous files--all destroyed after his death--were said to have "the dirt" on everyone in power. But since his death, all manner of rumors regarding his personal life have gained currency--especially those concerning his relationship with Clyde Tolson, his second-in-command. Biography digs deeply into his professional and private lives with the help of rare photos from his personal collection and interviews with people like his niece, grandnephew, former Attorneys General and Hoover's #3 man, Cartha "Deke" DeLoach. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of one of the most controversial figures of the 20th Century.

Summers, Anthony. Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6S86 1993
Abstract: Author of a classic JFK assassination title, Conspiracy, gives us a disturbing portrait of the person who ruled the FBI with an iron fist for almost 50 years.

Swearingen, M. Wesley. FBI Secrets: An Agent's Expose. Boston: South End Press, 1995.Call Number: HV 7911 .S844A3 1995
Abstract: In this autobiography, Swearingen traces his involvement with the FBI from the time he signed on after World War II to his retirement and beyond, as he began to testify to "FBI chicanery" on behalf of Bureau victims. He began his career doing "black bag jobs" on Communists in Chicago. In Kentucky and New York City, he spent years doing serious criminal investigations, which had been his goal in joining the FBI. But Hoover fixated on the threat posed by such groups as the Black Panthers and the Weathermen. Some of his stories (i.e., the Bureau's harassment of Jean Seberg) are familiar, but Swearingen is more explicit than most on the FBI's role in the police raid that killed Chicago Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and in the framing of Los Angeles Panther Geronimo Pratt for a crime he didn't commit.

Theoharis, Athan. The FBI: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43 1994
Abstract: Reprints the pamphlet that the FBI gives people who want to access FBI files for research under the Freedom of Information Act, lists the various FBI files currently available on microfilm and various government publications that contain information on the Bureau, and cites and briefly describes some 1,000 books and articles either about the FBI or based on FBI files or testimony by FBI personnel.

Theoharis, Athan [ed.]. From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1991.Call Number: E 743.5 .F68 1991
Abstract: During his 48 years as director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover scrupulously maintained secret office files and arranged for special filing procedures to safeguard sensitive information. None of the documents in five separate files was intended ever to be disclosed. Athan Theoharis, one of the FBI's most diligent critics, secured these materials after intensive research in FBI files using the Freedom of Information Act. Published here with supporting documents and Mr. Theoharis' authoritative commentary, this book reveals the shocking extent of FBI activities in collecting and using defamatory information about prominent Americans and political groups.

Theoharis, Athan G., et al. The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43R48 1999
Abstract: This encyclopedic look at the FBI takes advantage of changes in the Freedom of Information Act to move beyond the typical glamorized or sensational portrayal of the Bureau to a scholarly, evenhanded account that places it within a greater historical context. It may be a textbook in nature, but the guide still makes for entertaining reading, especially its "Notable Cases" chapter, organized by decade, which covers John Dillinger, the murder of Medgar Evers, Watergate, the World Trade Center bombing, and the Unabomber, among others; as well as another chapter that examines the role of the G-man in popular culture over the last century by looking at the portrayal of agents in comics, movies, TV and radio. It is useful for both those researching the FBI and those who are simply intrigued by the agency's complex role in American history.

Tully, Andrew. Inside the FBI: From the Files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Independent Sources. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.Call Number: HV 8141 .T84C1
Abstract: Tully offers a sympathetic history of the FBI through this book. The book is written anecdotally and details several large events in FBI history.

Unger, Robert. The Union Station Massacre: The Original Sin of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Kansas City: Andrews McMell Publishing, 1997.Call Number: HV 6534 .K2U54 1997
Abstract: This book tells the story of how a bloody shoot-out in 1933 became the lynchpin for J. Edgar Hoover's successful transformation of the FBI from a powerless subagency into a law-enforcement juggernaut. Over the months and years ahead, J. Edgar Hoover would use the nation's outrage to turn a ragtag bunch, nearly powerless and not even allowed to carry guns, into the most efficient and respected national police force in the world.

United States Senate. J. Edgar Hoover, Late Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1974.Call Number: HV 7911 .H6U55 1974
Abstract: Memorial Tributes to J. Edgar Hoover in the Congress of the United States and Various Articles and Editorials Relating to His Life and Work, 93rd Congress, 2d Session.

Wansley, Larry and Carlton Stowers. FBI Undercover: The True Story of Special Agent "Mandrake". New York: Pocket Books, 1989.Call Number: HV 7911 .W35A34 1989
Abstract: A former detective bureau commander with the Compton, California, Police Department, Wansley graduated from the FBI Academy in 1973. After nabbing a Texas bank robber, he went underground in Los Angeles as part of the Bureau's massive search for Patty Hearst. Then came the big sting: Operation Tarpit. With another agent to play his high-living partner in crime--and the unwitting help of two talkative hookers--Wansley, called "Mandrake" by his fellow agents, set up a two-year, LA-based counterfence operation that netted 300 phony stock and bond dealers, truck hijackers, kidnappers, gun-runners and killers, and recovered $42 million in stolen property. From there, Wansley moved coast-to-coast, working his scams on redneck southern crime bosses, kiddie porn producers, New York Mafia wiseguys, and more--and living each day with the heart-stopping knowledge that one wrong move meant death.

Welch, Neil J. and David W. Marston. Inside Hoover's FBI: The Top Field Chief Reports. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984.Call Number: HV 7911 .W42A37 1984
Abstract: Neil Welch, former Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Office, and David Marsten, a former United States Attorney, show us an inside view of what it's like to be part of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.

Whitcomb, Christopher. Cold Zero: Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. Call Number: HV 7911 .W43A3 2001
Abstract: With the immediacy and force of a sniper's strike, Cold Zero is a blistering first-person account of life inside the FBI and its elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). Of the hundreds of thousands of US law enforcement officers, only 200 have ever been in Christopher Whitcomb's highly trained and specialized branch of the FBI. Equivalent to the Navy's SEALs and the Army's Delta Force, the HRT is charged with terrorist capture, hostage release, and other emergencies in the United States and around the world. With breathtaking clarity, Whitcomb describes his journey from civilian to FBI agent and from field agent into the highly competitive HRTBthe brutal training, the weapons and tactics, and the unbreakable comaraderie of the HRTBand being sent on missions to Ruby Ridge, Waco and Kosovo. His frank assessment of these and many other missions is a must read for anyone interested in modern law enforcement and covert operations.

Whitehead, Don. Attack on Terror: The FBI Against the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. California Video Center, 2 vols., 98 min. each, 1990.Call Number: HV 8144 .F43A88 A/V
Abstract: 1975 Warner Brothers film based on Don Whitehead's FBI-authorized book Attack on Terror. The film covers the FBI's successful hunt for the murderers of civil rights activists Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner in 1964.

________. The FBI Story: A Report to the People. New York: Random House, 1957.Call Number: HV 8141 .W45
Abstract: Written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, this book traces the history of the FBI, with a forward by J. Edgar Hoover.