The author examines how William Kunstler, under the rationale that his work was a general struggle against an oppressive government, shifted from defending clients whose political beliefs he personally supported to those who were apolitical and scorned by many.

Author of several books and recipient of the J.S. Holliday award, the James Willard Hurst Prize and the Caroline Bancroft Prize, David J. Langum is currently a Professor of Law at Samford University.