LEADER 03796nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910452357703321 005 20210528001050.0 010 $a1-281-73106-4 010 $a9786611731069 010 $a0-300-13294-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300132946 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472127 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168108 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147219 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150454 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147219 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10024650 035 $a(PQKB)10699043 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157948 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420202 035 $a(DE-B1597)485004 035 $a(OCoLC)1024051648 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300132946 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420202 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170893 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173106 035 $a(OCoLC)923590707 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472127 100 $a20010207d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnemies within$b[electronic resource] $ethe culture of conspiracy in modern America /$fRobert A. Goldberg 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 354 p.) )$cill., facsims 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09000-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. An American Tradition --$tChapter 2. The Master Conspiracy --$tChapter 3. The Rise of the Antichrist --$tChapter 4. The View from the Grassy Knoll --$tChapter 5. Jewish Devils and the War on Black America --$tChapter 6. The Roswell Incident --$tChapter 7. Mainstreaming Conspiracism --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThere is a hunger for conspiracy news in America. Hundreds of Internet websites, magazines, newsletters, even entire publishing houses, disseminate information on invisible enemies and their secret activities, subversions, and coverups. Those who suspect conspiracies behind events in the news-the crash of TWA Flight 800, the death of Marilyn Monroe-join generations of Americans, from the colonial period to the present day, who have entertained visions of vast plots. In this enthralling book Robert Goldberg focuses on five major conspiracy theories of the past half-century, examining how they became widely popular in the United States and why they have remained so. In the post-World War II decades conspiracy theories have become more numerous, more commonly believed, and more deeply embedded in our culture, Goldberg contends. He investigates conspiracy theories regarding the Roswell UFO incident, the Communist threat, the rise of the Antichrist, the assassination of President John Kennedy, and the Jewish plot against black America, in each case taking historical, social, and political environments into account. Conspiracy theories are not merely the products of a lunatic fringe, the author shows. Rather, paranoid rhetoric and thinking are disturbingly central in America today. With media validation and dissemination of conspiracy ideas, and federal government behavior that damages public confidence and faith, the ground is fertile for conspiracy thinking. 606 $aConspiracies$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConspiracies$xHistory. 676 $a973 700 $aGoldberg$b Robert Alan$f1949-$01052322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452357703321 996 $aEnemies within$92483496 997 $aUNINA