{"product_id":"subversives-the-fbis-war-on-student-radicals-and-reagans-rise-to-power","title":"Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this is a remaindered book. Remaindered books are generally marked on one edge and the dustjacked may be scuffed or slightly bent; the book itself is in fine condition (new, just remaindered).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubversives\u003c\/em\u003e traces the FBI’s secret involvement with three iconic figures at Berkeley during the 1960s: the ambitious neophyte politician Ronald Reagan, the fierce but fragile radical Mario Savio, and the liberal university president Clark Kerr. Through these converging narratives, the award-winning investigative reporter Seth Rosenfeld tells a dramatic and disturbing story of FBI surveillance, illegal break-ins, infiltration, planted news stories, poison-pen letters, and secret detention lists. He reveals how the FBI’s covert operations—led by Reagan’s friend J. Edgar Hoover—helped ignite an era of protest, undermine the Democrats, and benefit Reagan personally and politically. At the same time, he vividly evokes the life of Berkeley in the early sixties—and shows how the university community, a site of the forward-looking idealism of the period, became a battleground in an epic struggle between the government and free citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe FBI spent more than $1 million trying to block the release of the secret files on which Subversives is based, but Rosenfeld compelled the bureau to release more than 250,000 pages, providing an extraordinary view of what the government was up to during a turning point in our nation’s history. Part history, part biography, and part police procedural, Subversives reads like a true-crime mystery as it provides a fresh look at the legacy of the sixties, sheds new light on one of America’s most popular presidents, and tells a cautionary tale about the dangers of secrecy and unchecked power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[An] electrifying examination of a newly declassified treasure trove of documents detailing our government's campaign of surveillance of the Berkeley campus during the '60s.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMatt Taibbi, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Fiercely reported.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Magazine, The Approval Matrix (Highbrow, Brilliant)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Armed with a panoply of interviews, court rulings, and freshly acquired F.B.I. document, Rosenfeld shows how J. Edgar Hoover unlawfully distributed confidential intelligence to undermine the nineteen-sixties protest movement in Berkeley, while brightening the political stars of friendly informants like Ronald Reagan. Rosenfeld's history, at once encyclopedic and compelling, follows a number of interwoven threads.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker, Briefly Noted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In case you've forgotten or are too young to know, the 1960s were the template for today's political divisiveness. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Seth Rosenfeld chronicles how the abyss formed. His book is crucial history. It's also a warning . . . Profound thanks to Seth Rosenfeld for outing the truth and speaking truth to power.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarlo Wolff, The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Several books have dealt directly or tangentially with the Berkeley student revolt, but Seth Rosenfeld's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents a new and encompassing perspective, including a revisionist view of Ronald Reagan and a detailed picture of FBI corruption. The details of the story did not come easily. It took Rosenfeld, a former reporter for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExaminer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 25 years and five Freedom of Information Act lawsuits to finally get all the material he requested from the FBI. The bureau fought him every inch of the way, spending more than $1 million of taxpayers' money in an effort to withhold public records, until it finally had no choice . . . A well-paced and wide-ranging narrative . . . A deftly woven account.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Vivid and unsettling.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Orleans Times-Picayune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Seth Rosenfeld fought the law and the people won; there can be little doubt of that . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e deepens our understanding of the political underpinnings of this period with the aid of many new details . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will automatically become an essential reference for students of sixties unrest, of the career of Ronald Reagan, and of the FBI's long history of illegal shenanigans against American citizens.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBarnes and Noble Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Stunning revelations.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR, \"On the Media\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story the FBI didn't want told.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuernica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is more than a documentary history--it has the insight that comes only with relentless reporting. This book is the classic history of our most powerful police agency and one of the most influential political figures of our time secretly joining forces.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLowell Bergman, Investigative journalist for The New York Times and Frontline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[A] galvanizing account of the student radical movement in the 1960s . . . This book is the result of 30 years of investigation, including Rosenfeld's landmark Freedom of Information fight, which resulted in the FBI being forced to release more than 250,000 pages of classified documents (Rosenfeld's appendix detailing his struggle is gripping in itself). Besides FBI files, Rosenfeld relied on court records, news accounts, and hundreds of interviews. Clearly, he has the goods, and fortunately he also has the writing skills to deliver a scathing, convincingly detailed, and evocative indictment of the tactics of the FBI and of Ronald Reagan during his rise to power against the backdrop of Berkeley in the sixties.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConnie Fletcher, Booklist (starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[Rosenfeld] painstakingly re-creates the dramatic--and unsettling--history of how J. Edgar Hoover worked closely with then California governor Ronald Reagan to undermine student dissent, arrest and expel members of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement, and fire the University of California's liberal president, Clark Kerr . . . [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSubversives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] is narrative nonfiction at its best.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Masterfully researched . . . A potent reminder of the explosiveness of 1960s politics and how far elements of the government were (and perhaps still are) willing to go to undermine civil liberties.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“All students of the sixties are indebted to Seth Rosenfeld for his years of persistent work prying documents out of the FBI. Freedom-loving Americans ought to be indebted to him for showing the lengths to which America's political police went, and how intensely they colluded with Ronald Reagan, to encroach upon liberty.” ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTodd Gitlin, author of The Sixties and Occupy Nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSeth Rosenfeld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was for many years an investigative reporter for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where his article about the free speech movement won seven national awards. 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