A study of J. Edgar Hoover and how he influenced American politics, presidents, civil rights movements, etc. during his fifty years as director of FBI.

Book one : Three days in May -- Book two : Something big -- Book three : The director -- Book four : The gangster era -- Book five : A curious relationship -- Book six : The secret war -- Book seven : The man from Independence -- Book eight : Virtually untouchable -- Book nine : The Director versus the General -- Book ten : On borrowed time -- Book eleven : The unforgotten man -- Epilogue : Pandora's box.