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The Imperial Bureau (The FBI, Political Surveillance, and the Rise of the US National Security State)
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Product Details
Author:
Chip Gibbons
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Verso Books (January 19, 2027)
Imprint:
Verso
Release Date:
January 19, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781839766367
ISBN-10:
1839766360
Weight:
20oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$29.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
12
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$23.06
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P-RH
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A
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Overview
A revelatory new history of the FBI that explores the relationship between domestic political surveillance and the emergence of the US national security state
Throughout its history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has tracked and monitored domestic political movements—and its war on American dissent is far from over. The FBI has in recent years spied on both the Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter movements. Following the national uprising in response to the police murder of George Floyd, the response of Donald Trump’s arch-reactionary attorney general was to unleash an FBI task force on “violent anti-government extremists.” From the Civil Rights Movement to the Red Scare, to movements against US foreign policy in Vietnam, El Salvador, and Iraq, the FBI has always been the main vehicle for domestic political repression.
The Imperial Bureau tells both the history of the FBI from its inception—how, propelled by its domestic surveillance mission, it became an intelligence agency and helped found the modern national security state—and by focusing on how the FBI currently polices dissent, gives the most comprehensive picture to date of the FBI as a vehicle for political repression.
Throughout its history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has tracked and monitored domestic political movements—and its war on American dissent is far from over. The FBI has in recent years spied on both the Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter movements. Following the national uprising in response to the police murder of George Floyd, the response of Donald Trump’s arch-reactionary attorney general was to unleash an FBI task force on “violent anti-government extremists.” From the Civil Rights Movement to the Red Scare, to movements against US foreign policy in Vietnam, El Salvador, and Iraq, the FBI has always been the main vehicle for domestic political repression.
The Imperial Bureau tells both the history of the FBI from its inception—how, propelled by its domestic surveillance mission, it became an intelligence agency and helped found the modern national security state—and by focusing on how the FBI currently polices dissent, gives the most comprehensive picture to date of the FBI as a vehicle for political repression.
