Masters Of Deceit: The Story Of Communism In America by Hoover, J. Edgar - 1958

UK: J.M. Dent, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 374 pages, condition is very good, some edge wear to the DJ. Bookplate of the Duke of Montrose on front pastedown. The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation explains the startling facts about the major menace of our time, communism: what it is, how it works, what its aims are, the real dangers it poses. Masters of Deceit is a powerful and informative book-a first-hand account of American communism from its beginnings to the present, written by a man more intimately familiar with the complete story than any other American. Mr Hoover shows the day-to-day operations of the Communist Party of the United States, who the American Communists are, what they claim;, why Americans become Communists, and why some break away. He describes life within the party, communist strategy and tactics, methods of mass agitation and underground infiltration, espionage, sabotage, and its treatment of minorities. The picture of what life in America would be under communism (towards which thousands of misguided Americans actually are working now!) is vivid and shocking. The forceful, driving message of this book is clarified by many incidents and anecdotes, definitions of communist terms, key dates, and a list of international communist organizations and publications which illustrate the communist Trojan horse in action.