Battleground New York City

"Thomas Reppetto is uniquely qualified to assess America’s police intelligence apparatus, history, and evolution because of his role as a historian and practitioner, and above all else, because of his talent as a writer. His Battleground New York City proves a masterful, immensely readable, and breathtakingly authoritative analysis of the challenges that U.S. law enforcement has faced over the past 150 years. It stands alone."—Tony Bouza, former commander, New York Police Department, and chief of police, Minneapolis Police Department; author of Police Intelligence: The Operations of an Investigative Unit

"Tom Reppetto’s Battleground New York City is a fascinating look at how the greatest law enforcement agency in the United States dealt with saboteurs, bombers, and terrorists long before there was an FBI or CIA. The book is chock full of characters and incidents that jump off the page, providing an interesting and entertaining historical narrative. This is an invaluable contribution to our American law enforcement library."—John Timoney, former first deputy commissioner, New York Police Department; police commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department; chief, Miami Police Department; author of Beat Cop to Top Cop

"Thomas Reppetto [is] perhaps the country's foremost police historian. . .[Battleground New York City is the] authoritative account of the city's efforts to counter spies, saboteurs and terrorists who have plotted against New York since 1861."—Len Levitt, from his Huffington Post column, July 10, 2012