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Lädt ... Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terrorvon Charles Lane
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The story of Hiram C. Whitley who was called upon to penetrate the Ku Klux Klan and halt counterfeiting. His unconventional methods, running on both sides of the line of legality, were effective, but may have been one of the reasons Grant's time in office was considered to be riddled with corruption. Still, many of Whitley's methods are in use today, interrogations of underlings to flip higher ups, undercover operatives, informants, were started as part of his "succeed by any means necessary" credo. The history is fascinating. The narration was very uneven. While the narrative was not poorly read, anytime a phrase or word was a quotation, the reader went into this scratchy falsetto that was very distressing. And it was the same for any character. It distracted me certainly. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:"This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by." â??Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of the Empire Freedom's Detective reveals the untold story of the Reconstruction-era United States Secret Service and their battle against the Ku Klux Klan, through the career of its controversial chief, Hiram C. Whitley In the years following the Civil War, a new battle began. Newly freed African American men had gained their voting rights and would soon have a chance to transform Southern politics. Former Confederates and other white supremacists mobilized to stop them. Thus, the KKK was born. After the first political assassination carried out by the Klan, Washington power brokers looked for help in breaking the growing movement. They found it in Hiram C. Whitley. He became head of the Secret Service, which had previously focused on catching counterfeiters and was at the time the government's only intelligence organization. Whitley and his agents led the covert war against the nascent KKK and were the first to use undercover work in mass crimeâ??what we now call terrorismâ??investigations. Like many spymasters before and since, Whitley also had a dark side. His penchant for skulduggery and dirty tricks ultimately led to his involvement in a conspiracy that would bring an end to his career and transform the Secret Service. Populated by intriguing historical charactersâ??from President Grant to brave Southerners, both black and white, who stood up to the Klanâ??and told in a brisk narrative style, Freedom's Detective reveals the story of this complex hero and his central role in a long-lost chapter of Am Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Freedom’s detective led me to expect a heroic and inspiring man. This guy was, instead, someone who got things done, usually with an eye to advancing his own interests. That’s what most people do , I imagine, and I guess I probably wouldn’t have read it if it had been titled, bit of a jerk. ( )