Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Most Popular FBI Books

By Mattie MacDonald


The FBI has been the subject of numerous narratives relating to its history, defining moments, operations, challenges and successes. This has inspired writers of fiction and non-fiction books to develop exciting plots through imagination and real accounts. The range of FBI books available in circulation covers all angles of the operations of this bureau that works in secrecy.

Tim Weiner has penned Enemies which traces the history of this institution over the years. He gives a personal account having worked for the department and CIA throughout his career. His writing skills have won him the Pulitzer award. His approach is how successive presidents have influenced the department to gain an upper hand in fulfilling their goals.

Ronald Kessler is a journalist of no mean repute who used his interview and compilations skills to come up with the title The Bureau. The book features an interview with one of the former heads of the bureau. His main point is the September 11 attack. He seeks to examine how prepared the institution was for the attack.

Christopher de Bellaigue has followed the lives of soldiers in Afghanistan and ended up with the book What Only Soldiers Understand. It features real combat including explosions and bullets slamming into wood, metal and earth. The book follows the life of Private Juan Sebastian who perished in Afghanistan and remains a hero to the American people.

Natalie Zemon Davis takes a historical perspective that is inspired by a challenge at the supreme court that was filed by her husband. The case was filed in 1959 and sort to challenge the work of the house committee on Non-American activities. The idea developed when she was challenged to reflect on defining moments in life after receiving the National Humanities Medal from the president. Her book is entitled How FBI Turned Me On.

Fiction has also developed out of the activities of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sherlock and Savich are the stars in Point Blank. The couple has to battle two kidnappers targeting Sherlock because of a personal vendetta with Savich. It is a tale of a delicate balance between career and romance.

The Man Who Kept Secrets is written by Thomas Powers about Richard Helms. He was the head of CIA at one point and therefore tells the inside story of investigations. The exciting weaving of its plot almost turns it into fiction. Thomas has mastered the art of story telling.

Dino Brugioni captures the inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the book Eyeball to Eyeball. At the time of this crisis Dino was a top CIA official. This makes the accounts curiously interesting. There are details that are not available to the common man through the conventional media channels.

The combination of what is known and the unknown makes books about the bureau more interesting. There always is a juicy part that is not known to the public that is revealed in non-fiction writing. Fictional titles seek to offer explanations or speculate about the goings on in an institution charged with maintaining secrecy.




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