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“Seth Rosenfeld spent thirty years and sued the FBI to research and write a single book. It was worth it. This experienced investigative reporter has uncovered the secret history behind a place, a decade, a movement, and a countermovement by government that altered American society forever.” —Kevin Starr, University of Southern California
“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.” —Todd Gitlin, author of The Sixties and Occupy Nation
“I thought I knew this story pretty well, because I covered parts of it as a journalist and came to know many of the people involved. But I was amazed and impressed at what Seth Rosenfeld has uncovered and narrated so compellingly. He has put an important piece of our history on the record in a darker, more complete way than ever before.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars and King Leopold’s Ghost
“Subversives 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.” —Lowell Bergman, Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
“Insightful, impressively researched, and full of eye-opening revelations.” —Athan G. Theoharis, author of Abuse of Power and A Culture of Secrecy
"This is an entirely new look at Reagan that also adds much to the history of post–World War II America." -- Bill Boyarsky, author of The Rise of Ronald Reagan and Ronald Reagan: His Life and Rise to the Presidency
“Subversives will even shock those who’ve become used to the national security state and its excesses. With this book, Seth Rosenfeld restores the California tradition of courageous muckraking, of Lincoln Steffens and the sharp indictment of the powerful that we associate with Jack London.” —Ishmael Reed, author of Juice! and Mumbo Jumbo
“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.” —Todd Gitlin, author of The Sixties and Occupy Nation
“I thought I knew this story pretty well, because I covered parts of it as a journalist and came to know many of the people involved. But I was amazed and impressed at what Seth Rosenfeld has uncovered and narrated so compellingly. He has put an important piece of our history on the record in a darker, more complete way than ever before.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars and King Leopold’s Ghost
“Subversives 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.” —Lowell Bergman, Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
“Insightful, impressively researched, and full of eye-opening revelations.” —Athan G. Theoharis, author of Abuse of Power and A Culture of Secrecy
"This is an entirely new look at Reagan that also adds much to the history of post–World War II America." -- Bill Boyarsky, author of The Rise of Ronald Reagan and Ronald Reagan: His Life and Rise to the Presidency
“Subversives will even shock those who’ve become used to the national security state and its excesses. With this book, Seth Rosenfeld restores the California tradition of courageous muckraking, of Lincoln Steffens and the sharp indictment of the powerful that we associate with Jack London.” —Ishmael Reed, author of Juice! and Mumbo Jumbo