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Title: A G-Man's Journal by Oliver Buck Revell, Dwight Williams ISBN: 0-671-56800-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Revell's A G-Man's Journal
Comment: The nice thing about freedom of speech is that it helps one to learn the truth. I recommend this book for a well written viewpoint and a non-abusive style from the former Assistant Director of the FBI (with the help of Dwight Williams). Presumably his "nemesis" under Clinton, Director Freeh, has a book written by himself somewhere, and it will only be fair to compare the versions of the two books. In fact, I think that an outstanding Management Course could be made by assigning Revell's book, Freeh's book (or future book - I don't know if it exists), and Bonanno's book giving one of the more enlightened Mafia viewpoints (see my review of the latter). Revell appears to have been an outstanding manager from this book, and some readers may not understand why. Revell has a military type discipline viewpoint with an exceptional respect for justice and fairness rather than firing senior employees arbitrarily or because of political orders or downsizing attempts. It's the type of discipline that Field Marshall Montgomery had (see my review of his book), and to some extent General Eisenhower. Whether he violated law for patriotic reasons I do not know, and whether he is right about Freeh's motivations - that, only comparisons between sources of evidence can reveal. His strong opinion that J. Edgar Hoover was not a homosexual is quite interesting, since Great Britain has found for example that freedom of speech without respect for the public can lead to very erroneous conclusions, innuendoes, etc. As for Bonanno, his idea that the Mafia should not sell dope is quite an honorable proposal (it seems to me).
Rating: 4
Summary: Exciting Information With Revealing Insight
Comment: It is an informative novel which gives exciting insight into one of the most famous law enforcement agencies of America. Not only learning about the cases that Oliver Revell worked on, but knowing how others in the FBI, including J. Edgar Hoover, thought and said is purely fascinating. This is a must read to anyone interested in the FBI, law enforcement, or federal government agencies.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting read, a bit cluttered
Comment: Revell, in this co-authored book, believes in the philosophy "never say in 350 pages what you can say in 570."
The events are apparently purely chronological, and almost stream-of-consciousness. There's a lot of jumping from subject to subject, with little transition or unifying theme. While the book has a bibliography and index, it's lacking a glossary, which would be helpful for those of us who don't use acronyms like OSG, JSOC, CSG, and CISPES on a daily basis.
The book would be less cluttered if there wasn't a compulsion to include every incident in which Revell wished to claim credit, or rebut an allegation of misconduct against him. For instance, the liner notes claim that Revell "participated in ... the JFK assassination [investigation]." It turns out Revell wasn't even in the FBI at the time; he was a Marine who was liaison to FBI agents who were interviewing Marines who had known Oswald during Oswald's Marine service.
It is an interesting account of agent Revell's career, and FBI history and lore, mainly from within the FBI bureaucracy looking down, and contains some almost-hidden nuggets of insight on personalities and events you probably won't find elsewhere.
Read _No Heroes_ by Danny O. Coulson for a street agent perspective on many of the same events.
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Title: Cold Zero: Inside the Fbi Hostage Rescue Team by Christopher Whitcomb ISBN: 0446611824 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: No Heroes : Inside the FBI's Secret Counter-Terror Force by Daniel Coulson, Sharon Shannon ISBN: 0671020625 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The FBI : A Comprehensive Reference Guide by Athan G. Theoharis, Tony G. Poveda, Susan Rosenfeld, Richard Gid Powers ISBN: 0816042284 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency by Ronald Kessler ISBN: 067178658X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: FBI Careers: The Ultimate Guide to Landing a Job As One of Americas Finest by Thomas H. Ackerman ISBN: 1563708906 Publisher: Jist Works Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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