Enemies within
Subtitle: the culture of conspiracy in modern America
By: Robert Alan Goldberg.
Publisher: Yale University
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Conspiracies -- United States -- History; United States -- Social conditions; United States -- Politics and government
Description: "There 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: American tradition; title: Master conspiracy; title: Rise of the antichrist; title: View from the grassy knoll; title: Jewish devils and the war on Black America; title: Roswell incident; title: Mainstreaming conspiracism.