FBI and the Catholic Church, 1935-1962 Book

The author is to be commended for his dedication in seeking access to secret FBI files, as well as various other archival sources in across the country, to tell the story of the bitter war against Communism waged by the alliance between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under their controversial head, J. Edgar Hoover, and numerous bishops, priests, and lay Catholics of the pre Vatican Council II Church. The six chapters are relatively self contained, reflecting their development as academic papers and articles over the past two decades. Professor Rosswurm's research reveals the various fronts on which this conflict raged, ranging from the halls of government and academia to the print and airwaves of the media and beyond to the Church pews and fields of labor.