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“A riveting narrative history about early attempts to crack down and even stamp out the Ku Klux Klan's reign of domestic terrorism... magnificent.” —Douglas Brinkley, New York Times–bestselling author of American MoonshotIn the years following the Civil War, a new battle began. Newly freed African American men had gained their voting rights and would soon have a chance to transform Southern politics. Former Confederates and other white supremacists mobilized to stop them. Thus, the KKK was born.After the first political assassination carried out by the Klan, Washington power brokers looked for help in breaking the growing movement. They found it in Hiram C. Whitley. He became head of the Secret Service, which had previously focused on catching counterfeiters and was at the time the government's only intelligence organization. Whitley and his agents led the covert war against the nascent KKK and were the first to use undercover work in mass crime—what we now call terrorism—investigations. Like many spymasters, Whitley also had a dark side. His penchant for skulduggery and dirty tricks ultimately led to his involvement in a conspiracy that would end his career and transform the Secre

Author

Charles Lane, Jonathan Yen

Publisher

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Hanover Square Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781488035005

Subjects

Political Science, Science, History

Rating

4.2 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14