The FBI's Obscene File: J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau's Crusade against Smut
Douglas M. Charles examines J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and its campaign against smut. Focusing on the Bureau’s efforts to police obscenity, this historical study considers the intersection of censorship, morality, federal authority, and freedom of expression.
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The FBI's Obscene File explores J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau’s crusade against smut.
Douglas M. Charles examines how the FBI approached obscenity and the policing of material it considered objectionable.
The book places this campaign within broader questions about censorship, morality, government authority, and the boundaries of acceptable expression.
It offers a historical study of the relationship between federal power and controversial media.
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