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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_adeHaven-Smith, Lance _eautore
245	1	0	_aConspiracy Theory in America / _cLance deHaven-Smith.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2013
300			_a1 online resource (272 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	0		_aDiscovering America
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tINTRODUCTION. High-Crime Blind -- _t1 The Conspiracy-Theory Label -- _t2 The American Tradition of Conspiracy Belief -- _t3 Conspiracy Denial in the Social Sciences -- _t4 The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy -- _t5 State Crimes against Democracy -- _t6 Restoring American Democracy -- _tAPPENDIX. CIA DISPATCH #1035-960 -- _tTABLES -- _tNOTES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
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realism about the likelihood of elite political misconduct—articulated in the Declaration of Independence—has been replaced by today’s blanket condemnation of conspiracy beliefs as ludicrous by definition.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.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650		0	_aConspiracies _zUnited States _xHistory.
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		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General. _2bisacsh
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856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/743793
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292749115
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