An almost criminally detailed (pardon the pun) reported investigation into the FBI’s secret war against the radical movements of the 1960s and ’70s.

Seth Rosenfeld’s Subversives reconstructs how federal authorities surveilled, infiltrated, and disrupted political organisations—from campus groups to community activists—long before the digital age. Drawing on declassified files, archival research, and firsthand accounts, the book shows how legal boundaries were bent, how intelligence tactics spread, and how dissent became a target of national security doctrine.

Rosenfeld situates actions and actors in their historical context while tracing lines to later developments in surveillance, policing, and political policing.

This copy is signed by the author, giving it added significance for anyone interested in the history of American politics, civil liberties, and state power.