{"product_id":"a-threat-of-the-first-magnitude-fbi-counterintelligence-infiltration-from-the-communist-party-to-the-revolutionary-union-1962-1974-paperback","title":"A Threat of the First Magnitude: FBI Counterintelligence \u0026 Infiltration from the Communist Party to the Revolutionary Union - 1962-1974 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron J. Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eConor A. Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe untold story of the FBI informants who penetrated the upper reaches of organizations such as the Communist Party, USA, the Black Panther Party, the Revolutionary Union and other groups labeled threats to the internal security of the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometime in the late fall\/early winter of 1962, a document began circulating among members of the Communist Party USA based in the Chicago area, titled \"Whither the Party of Lenin.\" It was signed \"The Ad Hoc Committee for Scientific Socialist Line.\" This was not the work of factionally inclined CP comrades, but rather something springing from the counter-intelligence imagination of the FBI.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Threat of the First Magnitude\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the FBI's fake Maoist organization and the informants they used to penetrate the highest levels of the Communist Party USA, the Black Panther Party, the Revolutionary Union and other groups labelled threats to the internal security of the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs once again the FBI is thrust into the spotlight of US politics, \u003ci\u003eA Threat of a First Magnitude\u003c\/i\u003e offers a view of the historic inner-workings of the Bureau's counterintelligence operations -- from generating \"fake news\" and the utilization of \"sensitive intelligence methods\" to the handling of \"reliable sources\" -- that matches or exceeds the sophistication of any contenders.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron J Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and historian. He is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rabble.ca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe History News Network\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhysicsWorld\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCanadian Dimension\u003c\/i\u003e. His research interests focus on twentieth-century US history, particularly Sixties history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eConor A Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher and educator from Brooklyn, New York. He has a masters degree from the University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education. He currently lives with his wife Michelle in China where he teaches history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir book \u003ci\u003eHeavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Zero in 2015.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700575801407,"sku":"9781910924709","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/02d9d564ac339585a30735816f965a9f.webp?v=1765017303","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/a-threat-of-the-first-magnitude-fbi-counterintelligence-infiltration-from-the-communist-party-to-the-revolutionary-union-1962-1974-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}