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An edition of Conspiracy theory in America (2013)

Conspiracy theory in America

First edition.
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"Ever since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible evidence that right-wing elements in the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service--and possibly even senior government officials--were also involved. Why has suspicion of criminal wrongdoing at the highest levels of government been rejected out-of-hand as paranoid thinking akin to superstition? Conspiracy Theory in America investigates how the Founders' hard-nosed realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct--articulated in the Declaration of Independence--has been replaced by today's blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition. Lance deHaven-Smith reveals that the term "conspiracy theory" entered the American lexicon of political speech to deflect criticism of the Warren Commission and traces it back to a CIA propaganda campaign to discredit doubters of the commission's report. He asks tough questions and connects the dots among five decades' worth of suspicious events, including the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, the attempted assassinations of George Wallace and Ronald Reagan, the crimes of Watergate, the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages deal, the disputed presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, the major defense failure of 9/11, and the subsequent anthrax letter attacks. Sure to spark intense debate about the truthfulness and trustworthiness of our government, Conspiracy Theory in America offers a powerful reminder that a suspicious, even radically suspicious, attitude toward government is crucial to maintaining our democracy."--Publisher's website.

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English
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260

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2013, University of Texas Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: High-Crime Blind
The Conspiracy-Theory Label
The American Tradition of Conspiracy Belief
Conspiracy Denial in the Social Sciences
The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy
State Crimes against Democracy
Restoring American Democracy
Appendix: CIA Dispatch 1035-960.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.

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Austin
Series
Discovering America

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.10973
Library of Congress
E839.5 .D44 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 260 pages
Number of pages
260

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL30662296M
ISBN 13
9780292743793
LCCN
2012044739
OCLC/WorldCat
811606075

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Work ID
OL22642538W

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