| Description |
xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; v. 84, no. 1 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 84, no. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and index. |
| Contents |
"The paranoid style" : an introduction to conspiracy theories. After Hofstadter : conspiracy theories in America / by Paul McCaffrey -- Conspiracy theories : an overview / by Micah Issit -- Conspiracy theories probe the dark side of life / by Sally Driscoll and Laura Finley -- Conspiracy theories are fodder for the gullible / by Beverly Ballaro and Chuck Goodwin -- The truth is out there ... way out there / by George Case -- America's addiction to belief / by Brian Trent -- Internet conspiracies : where the absence of evidence is confirmation of the claim / by Brian K. Pinaire -- Confessions of a non-serial killer : conspiracy theories are all fun and games until you become the subject of one / by Michael O'Hare -- The twin towers and the truthers : 9/11 conspiracy theories. The 9/11 conspiracy : the theories and the evidence / by Paul McCaffrey -- Viewing 9/11 from a grassy knoll : you won't believe what the conspiracy theorists are claiming or will you? / by Will Sullivan -- The anatomy of lunacy / by Andrew Roberts -- 9/11 : the roots of paranoia / by Christopher Hayes -- The American empire and 9/11 / by David Ray Griffin -- Professors of paranoia / by John Gravois -- 500 conspiracy buffs meet to seek the truth of 9/11 / by Alan Feuer -- Who still believes in 9/11 conspiracies? : An empirical study on political affiliation and conspiratorial thinking / by Scott Sommers -- Shots in Dallas : the JFK assassination. American enigma : Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK assassination / by Paul McCaffrey -- Oswald shoots JFK : but who is the real target? / by William Rubinstein -- A prosecutor takes on the JFK assassination / by Sheldon M. Stern -- Assassination of John F. Kennedy : conspiracy theorists agree that anyone who accepts the Warren Commission's "lone gunman" and "magic bullet" theories is living in the Land of Oz / by Brad Steiger and Sherry Steiger -- New insights into Kennedy's assassination : documents show that Oswald, the mob, anti-Castro Cubans, and right-wing groups really did conspire to kill the president / by David Kaiser -- Researchers at A & M discredit JFK theory / by Holly Huffman -- Martha, Steward : forty years after JFK's assassination, conspiracy theorists still rely on a retired Marion schoolteacher to keep the facts straight / by Bill Shaw -- The good spy : how the quashing of an honest C.I.A. investigator helped launch 40 years of JFK conspiracy theories and cynicism about the Feds / by Jefferson Morley -- Government machinations : political conspiracy theories. The Clinton conspiracies / by Paul McCaffrey -- Citing "sideshow", Obama offers full birth certificate / by Susan Page and Jackie Kucinich -- Latest conspiracy theory, Kerry won, hits the ether / by Manuel Roig-Franzia and Dan Keating -- Those pesky voters / by Bob Herbert -- A week of fear : but not in the GOP's convention hall / by Byron York -- Whatever it is, Bill Clinton likely did it : without proof, foes say he's tied to lurid crimes / by Greg Ferguson and David Bowermaster -- From bombed levees to blood libel : religious and ethnic conspiracy theories. "Myths of the unloved" and myths of the majority / by Paul McCaffrey -- Blame it on the Jews : anti-Semitism and the history of Jewish conspiracy theories / by Phil Molé -- ZOG ate my brains : conspiracy theories about Jews abound, Chip Berlet unpacks their appeal / by Chip Berlet -- The Tuskegee Experiment's long shadow / by Paul Ruffins -- Were the levees bombed in New Orleans? : Ninth Ward residents give voice to a conspiracy theory / by Lisa Myers and the NBC Investigative Unit -- For critics of Islam, "sharia" a loaded word / Michelle Boorstein -- Science fictions? Roswell, the Moon landing, and beyond. The Roswell mystery and its legacy / by Paul McCaffrey -- Roswell, New Mexico, UFO crash / by Brad Steiger and Sherry Steiger -- Did NASA fake the Moon landing? / by Ray Villard -- Seeing red on Mars / by David L. Chandler -- Is baked Alaska half-baked? : Alaska's High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a magnet for conspiracy theorists / by David Naiditch. |
| Subject |
Conspiracy theories.
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| Added Author |
McCaffrey, Paul, 1977-
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| ISBN |
9780824211158 |
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0824211154 |
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