{"product_id":"9783031980862","title":"Uncertain Threats: The FBI, the New Left, and Cold War Intelligence","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUncertain Threats: The FBI, the New Left, and Cold War Intelligence\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eArnold, Jason Ross\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eWhat if the FBI’s surveillance of the New Left \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003ewasn’t\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eonly about\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e repression and cynical self-interest?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW227626325 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eThis book revisits one of the most controversial episodes of the Cold War: the FBI’s counterintelligence investigations into the activist leaders of SDS and other radical groups. While scholars have rightly emphasized political overreach, constitutional violations, and the Bureau’s institutional self-interest, newly declassified documents reveal that it also \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003epossessed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e a stream of intelligence — often fragmentary, sometimes credible — that pointed to international ties many scholars have overlooked or discounted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW227626325 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eThrough close historical analysis of this evolving intelligence picture, the book complicates the dominant narrative of Hoover-era surveillance. It shows how the FBI and other agencies perceived the New Left’s developing connections to Cuba, North Vietnam, and other Communist powers, and why they came to see those ties as potential counterintelligence threats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW227626325 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eRather than defending the Bureau’s conduct, the book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eseeks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e to understand it on its own terms, emphasizing how counterintelligence agenc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003eoperate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227626325 BCX0\"\u003e amid deep uncertainty and limited oversight. In doing so, it offers a new perspective on the internationalization of the New Left, the nature of foreign influence, and the machinery of Cold War security. A work of historical and analytical recovery, it challenges prevailing narratives in U.S. political history, intelligence studies, and the historiography of the 1960s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW227626325 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-10-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031980862\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-98087-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 234\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309920874636,"sku":"9783031980862","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031980862.jpg?v=1778008608","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031980862","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}