Hoover's FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover's Trusted Lieutenant [Paperback]

Cartha D. Deloach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1997

The FBI is the world's most famous law enforcement agency and also one of the world's most mysterious organizations. Only the few who were part of J. Edgar Hoover's inner circle know the truths of five decades of his authoritarian rule. In this gripping personal account, Deke DeLoach, who was privy to Hoover's thoughts and actions during the FBI's most tumultuous years, tells his insider story.

Editorial Reviews

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''I have known the author of this book for over thirty years. This is a book that had to be written to correct any distortions of truth and innuendo that surrounded DeLoach's more than twenty-eight years in the FBI, his role as number three man in the Bureau, and the career of J. Edgar Hoover during that period.'' --Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist

''Deke DeLoach has been in a unique position to know all there is to know concerning J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI during his era. This book should be widely read.'' --Paul Harvey, radio commentator and author

''No other person in the world knows more about J. Edgar Hoover than Cartha D. 'Deke' DeLoach. He was third in command at the FBI--the assistant to the director and a personal confidant. Deke 'tells it like it is'--the unblemished truth. You can totally rely on the information in this book.'' --Samuel L. Devine, US Congressman and former FBI special agent --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

About the Author

CARTHA DELOACH served as an FBI agent for more than twenty-eight years, rising from field agent to deputy director. After retiring from the service in 1970, he served as president of PepsiCo for fifteen years. Following the death of director Hoover, Deloach was twice offered the directorship of the Bureau but chose to stay in corporate life. He currently lives on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, where he serves as principal of a holding company. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895264285
• ISBN-13: 978-0895264282
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,319,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Skilled, unsensational exposé of widespread myths, August 4, 2000

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R. J. Stove (Gardenvale, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hoover's FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover's Trusted Lieutenant (Paperback)

Cartha DeLoach isn't an iconoclast or a sycophant; he simply writes through a spirit of determination to give credit when credit's due. As WASHINGTON POST columnist Jack Anderson has admitted, no-one alive today has DeLoach's knowledge of the FBI's workings during the Hoover era. After reading DeLoach it becomes increasingly hard to believe (a) that Hoover was a practising homosexual, (b) that he indulged in transvestitism (that particular allegation derives from the unsupported testimony of a convicted perjuror), (c) that Martin Luther King was the spotless saint in which America has increasingly come to believe, (d) that the CPUSA consisted of fey intellectuals concerned primarily with the Bill of Rights.

In a way, the very unpretentiousness of DeLoach's account is its strength. You come away from it, not liking Hoover, but respecting him.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Accurate Account of the Hoover Years, March 31, 2006

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Ian B Silver "GR Man" (SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoover's FBI (Hardcover)

This book is by far the most accurate account of the Hoover years at the FBI. Mr. DeLoach not only gives the most accurate information on some of the most famous cases, but also gives the reader an inside account of the thinking behind some of Hoover's most important decisions of the time - Mississippi Burning, Monroe, LBJ, Nixon, etc. If you actually want to know the truth and not some plagerous expose with 1/2 truths, take a look at this book.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fairly obvious, March 5, 2006

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J. Vanore "Novelist" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hoover's FBI (Hardcover)

The story being told by the author is fairly obvious (especially to those of us who were adults during much of that time and realized the truth), but it's one that must be told.

It's hard to believe that this book was published over 10 years ago, and still the media and the entertainment industry insist on portraying Hoover as a cross-dresser and one who spied capriciously on "law-abiding US citizens."

The violence inherent in the policies of the protestors of the 60s and 70s warranted keeping an eye on them ("burn down the cities; kill members of the establishment, etc." As I said, we who remember those things being advocated saw no reason why such violence-prone organizations should have went unwatched.)


And the fact that the Attornet General has to approve of wiretaps is something that Hoover's detractors always overlook. Especially since the Attorney General that approved the wire tap on Martin Luther King's phone was none other than Bobby Kennedy.


Nor is DeLoach afraid to show Hoover's warts along with his dedication. He points out his egocentric nature, his petty grudges and his biases. Sometimes the truth hurts, and the many truths contained in this book, though painful to some cultural icons, needed to see the light of day.