Masters of Deceit [Hardcover]

J. Edgar Hoover (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568492944
• ISBN-13: 978-1568492940
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,750,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required Reading..., June 11, 2006

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Frank D. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters Of Deceit: The Story Of Communism In America And How To Fight It (Paperback)

This book should be rquired reading for high school seniors and college students. It explains much of what has happened in this country over the past forty or fifty years ... in particular, it anticipated the tactics that were used during the Vietnam era, Iran-Contra, etc. These tactics continue to be used today.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars must read book, October 28, 2009

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Squires (Missouri, Usa) - See all my reviews

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Spooky how he nailed down what would happen. Very informative. Great history lesson you or your kids will not get through mainstream education.

31 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've seen this book referenced many times..., December 14, 2005

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Robert R. Fisher (Tallahassee, FL) - See all my reviews
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I finally decided to read this book in light of current political events, particularly the fact that many anti-war protests are organized and funded by communist/marxist groups.

I was surprised by the relevance of this book given the nearly sixty years since the first printing. Had I read this in 1995, I might have been more inclined to pass it off as a ranting voice from the distant past, but the current love affair with Che Guevara in particular and marxist ideas in general at US colleges proves several of Hoover's main points.

However, Hoover spends more time exploring/explaining the tactics used by communists as they attempt to make socialism acceptable to Americans. He highlights the constant drone by the socialists/communists on the "evils" of capitalism. Moreover, Hoover points to the loss of personal responsibility and accountability as fundamental to accepting an ever more powerful central government that dictates and controls more of our daily lives.

Communists speak of "freedom from..." but never "freedom to...", and this is one of the most dehumanising elements in socialist societies.

The fact that communism/marxism is taught today at colleges and universities as a benign, more enlightened form of government without any reference to the horrors they brought on humanity should serve as a warning on just how masterly deceived many Americans have become.