Conspiracy theory in America
Lance DeHaven-Smith (Other)
Asking tough questions and connecting the dots across decades of suspicious events, from the Kennedy assassinations to 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, this book raises crucial questions about the consequences of Americans’ unwillingness to suspect high gove
Print Book, English, 2016
Second paperback printing View all formats and editions
University of Texas Press, Austin, 2016
History
x, 260 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
9780292743793, 9780292757691, 0292743793, 0292757697
1196188318
List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: High-Crime Blind A Curious HistoryA Flawed and Un-American LabelNaming the Taboo TopicPerceptual SilosCauses and ConsequencesThe CIA’s Conspiracy-Theory ConspiracyThe Rest of the BookChapter 1: The Conspiracy-Theory Label Perspectives on Conspiracy BeliefsThe Assassination of President KennedyThe Single-Bullet (or “Magic-Bullet”) TheoryThe Assumption Someone Would TalkFlawed DefinitionsThe Term’s Meaning in PracticeA SCAD HypothesisReforms after President Kennedy’s AssassinationChapter 2: The American Tradition of Conspiracy Belief The Political Science of the FoundersConspiracy Theories of the FoundersThe Sedition Act of 1798 and the “Burr Conspiracy”The Dialectic of Corruption and ReformConspiracy Charges at NurembergHow Conspiracy Deniers Misread HistoryChapter 3: Conspiracy Denial in the Social Sciences The Transformation of U.S. Social SciencePhilosophical Perspectives on Conspiracy TheoryThe Conspiracy Theories of Charles BeardPopper’s Critique of the "Conspiracy Theory of Society”Strauss on “Noble Lies” and “Salutary Myths”American NeoconservatismChapter 4: The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy Subtle SpeechDecoding the DispatchCIA “Collaborator” John P. RochePopularization, Association, ConnotationChapter 5: State Crimes against Democracy Scientific ConceptualizationThe Victim’s PerspectiveSCAD ConceptualizationSearching for Novel Facts in 9/11Chapter 6: Restoring American Democracy America’s Family SecretsReform Where Law and Politics MeetSelective TotalitarianismThe Struggle AheadA Simple Proposal for ReformAppendix: CIA Dispatch 1035-960TablesNotesBibliographyIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index