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Author Rosenfeld, Seth, 1956-

Title Subversives : the FBI's war on student radicals, and Reagan's rise to power / Seth Rosenfeld.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  378.198 ROSENFELD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  378.198 R724    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  378.198 ROS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  378.198 ROSENFELD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  378.1981 ROSENFELD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  378.1981 ROS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  378.1981 RO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 734 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [513]-701) and index.
Summary "A narrative report on the FBI's covert involvement with future President Ronald Reagan, radical Mario Savio and liberal university president Clark Kerr to suppress the 1960s student movement at Berkeley reveals J. Edgar Hoover's campaign of planted news stories, illegal break-ins and other acts designed to undermine the Democratic party." - Publishers description.
Contents PART ONE : The FBI on Campus -- Spies in the Hills -- The Responsibilites program -- The Undertaker -- The Rise of Clark Kerr -- The Essay question -- Protest at City Hall -- Communist target - youth -- The Trial of Robert Meisenbach -- An eye-opener -- The FBI story
PART TWO : Student Radicals -- The Police car -- The Free speech movement -- A Leak to the press -- Sit-in at Sproul Hall -- No evidence -- An angry young man -- Vietnam Day
PART THREE : The rise of Reagan -- The Governor's race -- The Peace Trip Dance -- Sources on campus -- Landslide -- Fired with enthusiasm -- Obey the rules -- A key activist -- At Bayonet Point -- People's Park ---- Epilouge : The aftermath -- Appendix : My fight for the FBI files.
Subject Student movements -- California -- Berkeley -- History.
College students -- Political activity -- California -- Berkeley -- History.
University of California, Berkeley -- Students -- History.
Reagan, Ronald.
Subversive activities -- California -- Berkeley -- History.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
ISBN 9780374257002 alkaline paper
0374257000 alkaline paper
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