Nixon's war at home: the FBI, leftist guerillas, and the origins of counterterrorism

The making of American counterterrorism -- Nixon, Hoover, and America's homegrown insurgency -- Off the pigs! -- Covert operations and clandestine radicals -- The Huston plan -- Improvising counterterrorism -- The war at home and the FBI's public image -- Police killing -- Deep Throat'...

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Autor principal: Chard, Daniel S. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2021]
En:Año: 2021
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Sumario:The making of American counterterrorism -- Nixon, Hoover, and America's homegrown insurgency -- Off the pigs! -- Covert operations and clandestine radicals -- The Huston plan -- Improvising counterterrorism -- The war at home and the FBI's public image -- Police killing -- Deep Throat's secret wars -- Arab scare -- Implosion -- The politics of counterterrorism.
"Drawing on thousands of pages of declassified FBI documents, Nixon's War at Home shows how America's guerrilla war prompted the FBI to institute a host of new policing measures while reviving illegal spy techniques previously used against communists in the name of fighting terrorism. These efforts did little to stop the guerrillas - instead, they led to a bureaucratic struggle between the Nixon administration and the FBI that fueled the Watergate Scandal and brought down Nixon. Yet despite their internal conflicts, FBI and White House officials developed preemptive surveillance practices that would inform U.S. counterterrorism strategies into the twenty-first century, entrenching mass surveillance as a cornerstone of the national security state"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:374 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781469664507