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100	1		_aDeHaven-Smith, Lance, _d1951-
245	1	0	_aConspiracy theory in America / _cLance deHaven-Smith.
250			_a1st ed.
260		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c2013.
300			_ax, 260 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aDiscovering America
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: high-crime blind -- The conspiracy-theory label -- The American tradition of conspiracy belief -- Conspiracy denial in the social sciences -- The conspiracy-theory conspiracy -- State crimes against democracy -- Restoring American democracy -- Appendix: CIA Dispatch 1035-960.
520			_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realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct—articulated in the Declaration of Independence—has been replaced by today’s blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition.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.
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650		0	_aConspiracy theories _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
650		4	_aConspiraciones _zEstados Unidos _xHistoria. _93643
650		4	_aCultura política _zEstados Unidos _xHistoria _ySiglo XX. _92279
650		4	_aCultura política _zEstados Unidos _xHistoria _ySiglo XXI.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1945-1989.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1989-
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _y1945-1989. _92825
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