John McAdams

JFK Assassination Logic

How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy

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Produktbeschreibung

The mother of all conspiracy theories is about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Many of its elements have become part of American folklore: the single bullet, the Grassy Knoll shooter, and the mysterious deaths of interested parties. JFK Assassination Logic shows how to approach such conspiracy claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9781612347059
• ISBN-10: 1612347053
• Artikelnr.: 40624724

Autorenporträt

JOHN MCADAMS is an associate professor of political science at Marquette University. His articles have appeared in journals including American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Sociological Quarterly, and Law and Contemporary Problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Frailty of Witness Testimony
2. Problems of Memory
3. Creating False Memories
4. Witnesses Who Are Just Too Good
5. Bogus Quoting: Stripping Context, Misleading Readers
6. Probability: Things that Defy the Odds
7. More on Defying the Odds: The Mysterious Deaths
8. Did People Know It Was Going to Happen?
9. Signal and Noise: Seeing Things in Photos
10. Think Scenario
11. Not All Evidence Is Equal: Using Reliable Evidence
12. Too Much Evidence of Conspiracy
13. Beware False Corroboration
14. How Bureaucrats Act
15. Putting Theory into Practice: The Single Bullet Theory
16. Thinking about Conspiracy: Putting It All Together
Time Line
Notes
Index