Kathryn S Olmsted

Real Enemies

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book links the explosion of conspiracy theories about the U.S. government in recent years to the revelations of real government conspiracies. It traces anti-government theories from the birth of the modern state in World War I to the current war on terror. This 10th Anniversary Edition includes a new epilogue on conspiracy theories and the 2016 election and its aftermath.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 151mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780190908560
• ISBN-10: 0190908564
• Artikelnr.: 55193971

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