Nixon's War at Home: The Fbi, Leftist Guerrillas, and the Origins of Counterterrorism

by Daniel S. Chard

Book Overview

During the presidency of Richard Nixon, homegrown leftist guerrilla groups like the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army carried out hundreds of attacks in the United States. The FBI had a long history of infiltrating activist groups, but this type of clandestine action posed a unique challenge. Drawing on thousands of pages of declassified FBI documents, Daniel S. Chard shows how America's war with domestic guerrillas prompted a host...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146966450X
• ISBN13: 9781469664507
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.4"