Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency /
First Statement of Responsibility
Willard M. Oliver.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lanham, Maryland :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rowman & Littlefield,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2019]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 329 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Birth of the FBI.
International Standard Book Number
9781442265042
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Roosevelt, Theodore,1858-1919.
Tawney, James A., (James Albertus),1855-1919.
Roosevelt, Theodore,1858-1919.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- History-- 20th century.
United States.-- History-- 20th century.
United States.-- History-- 20th century.
United States.
United States.
United States.
USA
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Executive-legislative relations-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Law enforcement-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Political corruption-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Public land sales-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Executive-legislative relations.
Law enforcement-- Political aspects.
Political corruption.
Politics and government.
Public land sales.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 1901-1909.