You Have Unleashed a Storm: A Descent into Chaos During America’s Most Explosive Era of Radical Violence―A Revealing Account of Domestic Terrorism and … Radicalism in ’60s and ’70s New York City

The 1960s were a decade of progress and upheaval for the United States. Positive events, whether it be the election of a youthful president or Civil Rights legislation, were counterbalanced by trauma such as assassinations and war. For various disaffected groups, change needed to be brought about through force. In the late 1960s-1970s, an array of political movements believed the bullet & the bomb effected change. New York City would become the hub for an inordinate number of attacks from far-right and left groups, and it would be up to an intelligence division of the NYPD(BOSSI) and the FBI to infiltrate the organizations and neutralize their plans. Undercover informants would be placed within “The Black Liberation Front”, “The Crazies” in order to disrupt plots to strike at the heart of New York City. The war against radical groups would see law enforcement resort to extralegal measures to halt the carnage.

You Have Unleashed a Storm provides a thorough account of the battle between radical movements of the left and right wings and law enforcement, primarily as seen in New York. Author David Viola contributes a well-researched and well-written account of the key actors and their causes, along with those determined to stop them.