Kathryn S. Olmsted

Real Enemies (eBook, ePUB)

Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11- 10th Anniversary Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many Americans believe that their own government is guilty of shocking crimes. Government agents shot the president. They faked the moon landing. They stood by and allowed the murders of 2,400 servicemen in Hawaii. Although paranoia has been a feature of the American scene since the birth of the Republic, in Real Enemies Kathryn Olmsted shows that it was only in the twentieth century that strange and unlikely conspiracy theories became central to American politics. In particular, she posits World War I as a critical turning point and shows that as the federal bureaucracy expanded, Americans grew more fearful of the government itself--the military, the intelligence community, and even the President. Analyzing the wide-spread suspicions surrounding such events as Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, Watergate, and 9/11, Olmsted sheds light on why so many Americans believe that their government conspires against them, why more people believe these theories over time, and how real conspiracies--such as the infamous Northwoods plan--have fueled our paranoia about the governments we ourselves elect. This 10th Anniversary Edition includes a new epilogue on conspiracy theories and the 2016 election and its aftermath.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190908584
• Artikelnr.: 56876847

Autorenporträt

Kathryn S. Olmsted is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Ch. 1 The Consent of the People: Presidential Secrecy and the First
World War
* Ch. 2 Lying Us into War?: The Second Battle of Pearl Harbor
* Ch. 3 Masters of Deceit: Red Spies and Red Hunters in the McCarthy
Era
* Ch. 4 The Dealey Plaza Irregulars: The JFK Assassination and the
Collapse of Trust in the 1960s
* Ch. 5 White House of Horrors: Nixon, Watergate, and the Secret
Government
* Ch. 6 Trust No One: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories from the
1970s to the 1990s
* Ch. 7 Cabal of Soccer Moms 9/11 and the Culture of Deceit
* Conclusion
* Epilogue: Conspiracy Theories Are For...Winners?: The 2016 Election
and Its Aftermath
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index