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849193
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Oliver, Willard M.
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| Title & Author
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The birth of the FBI : : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency /\ Willard M. Oliver.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Maryland :: Rowman & Littlefield,, [2019]
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xi, 329 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1442265035
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: 9781442265035
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
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| Contents
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Federal law enforcement -- Pinkerton's detectives -- Counterfeiters -- Assassinations -- The Secret Service -- The making of president Theodore Roosevelt -- Conservation -- Land thieves -- Chairman James A. Tawney -- The Bureau of Investigation -- Born in controversy -- The battle over the Bureau -- Sore losers and petty politics -- The aftermath -- Epilogue.
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Most people believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation began under J. Edgar Hoover in the 1920s or 1930s. Many also naturally assume it was developed for the express purpose of fighting crime. However, the reality is very different. The agency actually began years earlier, in 1908, under President Theodore Roosevelt. Willard Oliver details the political fight that led to the birth of America's premier law enforcement agency. Roosevelt was concerned about conservation and one issue he wanted enforced were the fraudulent land deals being perpetrated by many people, including some members of Congress. When he began using the Secret Service to investigate these crimes, Congress blocked him from doing so. The end result of this political spat was Roosevelt's creation of a Federal Bureau of Investigation, which heightened the political row between the two branches of government in the final year of Roosevelt's presidency.
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Roosevelt, Theodore,1858-1919.
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Tawney, James A., (James Albertus),1855-1919.
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Roosevelt, Theodore,1858-1919.
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United States.-- History-- 20th century.
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United States.-- History-- 20th century.
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United States.-- History-- 20th century.
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United States.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA
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Executive-legislative relations-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Law enforcement-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Political corruption-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Public land sales-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Executive-legislative relations.
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Law enforcement-- Political aspects.
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Political corruption.
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Politics and government.
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Public land sales.
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United States, Politics and government, 1901-1909.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.250973/09041
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| LC Classification
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HV8144.F43O43 2019
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| Parallel Title
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Birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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