Editing Steal This Book (section)

==Creation==
The main author of the book, Abbie Hoffman, was one of the most influential and recognizable North American activists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, gaining fame with his leadership in [[anti-Vietnam War]] protests. In the introduction, Hoffman writes that 50 people were involved in the creation of ''Steal This Book''. Izak Haber and Bert Cohen are credited on the title page as "co-conspirator" and "accessory after the fact", respectively. ''Steal This Book'' was written in the climate of the [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]], in which opposition to tradition and government was rampant, and experimentation with new forms of living was encouraged. When the book was published, it took hold among the [[new left]], especially among students on college campuses, such as [[Brandeis University]], where Hoffman had been a student.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gitlin |first=Todd |year=1987 |title=[[The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage]] |location=Toronto |publisher=Bantam |isbn=9780553052336 |oclc=781900043 }}</ref>