Harry Kreisler is executive director of UC Berkeley's Institute of International Studies, and executive producer and host of the interview series Conversations with History.

On August 22, 1971, twenty Vietnam War opponents were arrested at the draft board office in Camden, New Jersey, for burglary and destruction of records that identified young men available for military service. Similar acts of civil disobedience had been carried out in other cities, by groups largely composed of members of the “Catholic Left” who sought to expose the inordinate number of inner-city youth drafted to fight in an immoral war. But the group of twenty-eight people ultimately indicted in connection with the Camden break-in had been infiltrated by the FBI, and consequently were the first to be acquitted of any crime. Giacchino draws upon the poignant recollections of the participants to lead us step-by-step through the planning and execution of the action, the arrests, and the landmark trial. “For aging rads, it's something of a gift,” writes Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice; “for the under-30 conscientious, it could be an inspiration.”