LEADER 04254nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910825494503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-74911-2 024 7 $a10.7560/743793 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039590 035 $a(EBL)3443664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000874530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12368986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000874530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10886681 035 $a(PQKB)11404011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443664 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10683921 035 $a(OCoLC)846990278 035 $a(DE-B1597)586900 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292749115 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039590 100 $a20121127d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConspiracy theory in America /$fLance deHaven-Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aDiscovering America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-74379-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""List of Illustrations and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: High-Crime Blind""; ""1. The Conspiracy-Theory Label""; ""2. The American Tradition of Conspiracy Belief""; ""3. Conspiracy Denial in the Social Sciences""; ""4. The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy""; ""5. State Crimes against Democracy""; ""6. Restoring American Democracy""; ""Appendix: CIA Dispatch #1035-960""; ""Tables""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aEver since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible evidence that right-wing elements in the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service?and possibly even senior government officials?were also involved. Why has suspicion of criminal wrongdoing at the highest levels of government been rejected out-of-hand as paranoid thinking akin to superstition? Conspiracy Theory in America investigates how the Founders? hard-nosed realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct?articulated in the Declaration of Independence?has been replaced by today?s blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition. Lance deHaven-Smith reveals that the term ?conspiracy theory? entered the American lexicon of political speech to deflect criticism of the Warren Commission and traces it back to a CIA propaganda campaign to discredit doubters of the commission?s report. He asks tough questions and connects the dots among five decades? worth of suspicious events, including the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, the attempted assassinations of George Wallace and Ronald Reagan, the crimes of Watergate, the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages deal, the disputed presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, the major defense failure of 9/11, and the subsequent anthrax letter attacks. Sure to spark intense debate about the truthfulness and trustworthiness of our government, Conspiracy Theory in America offers a powerful reminder that a suspicious, even radically suspicious, attitude toward government is crucial to maintaining our democracy. 410 0$aDiscovering America series. 606 $aConspiracies$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aConspiracy theories$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 615 0$aConspiracies$xHistory. 615 0$aConspiracy theories$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a364.10973 700 $aDeHaven-Smith$b Lance$0942496 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825494503321 996 $aConspiracy theory in America$93923694 997 $aUNINA