Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11, (Paperback)

from rivkat

One feature of the paranoid style in 20th century US politics, Olmsted argues, is that the paranoid fantasies often have recognizable cousins in real things the government did and covered up. The US did have intelligence about Japan's intentions to attack, albeit not specific enough to predict Pe...

from madcatnip72

Conspiracy theory is an easy way to tell complicated stories, Kathryn Olmsted reminds us in "Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11." Her book is a scholarly if a bit dry overview of the "greatest hits" conspiracy theories of 20th Century American political ...

from madcatnip72

Conspiracy theory is an easy way to tell complicated stories, Kathryn Olmsted reminds us in "Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11." Her book is a scholarly if a bit dry overview of the "greatest hits" conspiracy theories of 20th Century American political ...