José Angel Gutiérrez is a Professor Emeritus formerly at University of Texas at Arlington, where he founded the Center for Mexican American Studies. He maintains a law practice and is the President of the Greater Dallas Legal and Community Development Foundation.

“Gutiérrez is important because he does not write about history in translation. His voice balances many recent accounts on Chávez that are more about icon bashing than understanding the forces that wrecked the Chicano agenda. The Eagle Has Eyes is a major contribution.”—RODOLFO F. ACUÑA, Professor Emeritus and founder of Chicano and Chicana Studies at California State University, Northridge

• Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Onomasticon Chronology of key events Chapter 1. The Target and the Architects of Oppression Chapter 2. Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965 Chapter 3. The UFW Eagle Comes to the Lone Star State, 1966–1968 Chapter 4. The Arizona Battlefield, 1969–1972 Chapter 5. The Price of Leadership Chapter 6. The Six-Year War with Teamsters Chapter 7. End of Hoover and Nixon Chapter 8. The Unraveling of Chávez Epilogue. Chávez and the FBI Surveillance Appendix 1. Methodology and Research Note Appendix 2. Explanation of Exemptions Notes Bibliography Index

José Angel Gutiérrez is a Professor Emeritus formerly at University of Texas at Arlington, where he founded the Center for Mexican American Studies. He maintains a law practice and is the President of the Greater Dallas Legal and Community Development Foundation.

“Gutiérrez is important because he does not write about history in translation. His voice balances many recent accounts on Chávez that are more about icon bashing than understanding the forces that wrecked the Chicano agenda. The Eagle Has Eyes is a major contribution.”—RODOLFO F. ACUÑA, Professor Emeritus and founder of Chicano and Chicana Studies at California State University, Northridge

• Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Onomasticon Chronology of key events Chapter 1. The Target and the Architects of Oppression Chapter 2. Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965 Chapter 3. The UFW Eagle Comes to the Lone Star State, 1966–1968 Chapter 4. The Arizona Battlefield, 1969–1972 Chapter 5. The Price of Leadership Chapter 6. The Six-Year War with Teamsters Chapter 7. End of Hoover and Nixon Chapter 8. The Unraveling of Chávez Epilogue. Chávez and the FBI Surveillance Appendix 1. Methodology and Research Note Appendix 2. Explanation of Exemptions Notes Bibliography Index

José Angel Gutiérrez is a Professor Emeritus formerly at University of Texas at Arlington, where he founded the Center for Mexican American Studies. He maintains a law practice and is the President of the Greater Dallas Legal and Community Development Foundation.

“Gutiérrez is important because he does not write about history in translation. His voice balances many recent accounts on Chávez that are more about icon bashing than understanding the forces that wrecked the Chicano agenda. The Eagle Has Eyes is a major contribution.”—RODOLFO F. ACUÑA, Professor Emeritus and founder of Chicano and Chicana Studies at California State University, Northridge

• Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Onomasticon Chronology of key events Chapter 1. The Target and the Architects of Oppression Chapter 2. Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965 Chapter 3. The UFW Eagle Comes to the Lone Star State, 1966–1968 Chapter 4. The Arizona Battlefield, 1969–1972 Chapter 5. The Price of Leadership Chapter 6. The Six-Year War with Teamsters Chapter 7. End of Hoover and Nixon Chapter 8. The Unraveling of Chávez Epilogue. Chávez and the FBI Surveillance Appendix 1. Methodology and Research Note Appendix 2. Explanation of Exemptions Notes Bibliography Index