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Real Enemies - Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 (Paperback)
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Real Enemies - Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 (Paperback)
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Many Americans believe that their own government is guilty of
shocking crimes. Government agents shot the president. They faked
the moon landing. They stood by and allowed the murders of 2,400
servicemen in Hawaii. Although paranoia has been a feature of the
American scene since the birth of the Republic, in Real Enemies
Kathryn Olmsted shows that it was only in the twentieth century
that strange and unlikely conspiracy theories became central to
American politics. In particular, she posits World War I as a
critical turning point and shows that as the federal bureaucracy
expanded, Americans grew more fearful of the government itself-the
military, the intelligence community, and even the President.
Analyzing the wide-spread suspicions surrounding such events as
Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, Watergate, and 9/11, Olmsted
sheds light on why so many Americans believe that their government
conspires against them, why more people believe these theories over
time, and how real conspiracies-such as the infamous Northwoods
plan-have fueled our paranoia about the governments we ourselves
elect.
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