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100 _aBresler Robert J.
245 _aHoover and Donovan: the politics of bureaucratic empire building
362 _a16(1) Jan 1993, p.67-105
520 _aThis article examines the World War II conflict between William J. Donovan, the founder of the office of Stratigic Services(OSS), and J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI0. Their struggle for control of U.S. foreign intelligence contained the seeds of tension that later arose between the FBI and the CIA. The article explores both their bureaucratic rivalry and their contrasting concepts of intelligence gatterging. Bureaucratically, Hoover held the advantage. His political base was for more secure than Donovan's, and he was, therefore, able to protect the FBI from OSS encroachment into domestic intelligence. But in the field of foreign intelligence, Hoover was at a
650 _a Politics
650 _a Federal Bureau of Investigation Services(OSS)
650 _a Central Intelligence Service(CIS)
650 _aSecret Service -- U.S.A.
773 _aInternational Journal of Public Administration
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