RaveThe Atlantic... masterful ... Gage carefully chronicles all of the major abuses committed by his FBI. She also shows that the prevailing image of Hoover as a \'one-dimensional tyrant and backroom schemer who strong-armed the rest of the country into submission\' is a distortion. Hoover emerges instead as a still-flawed figure, yet more team player than solo villain ... Gage’s penetrating account of Hoover’s career, especially his many long-eclipsed triumphs, offers a well-timed and sobering perspective as yet another institution in our fractured country struggles to maintain trust.
