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- From: kinnema@wkuvx1.bitnet (Mark Kinney, Attorney at Chaos)
- Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
- Subject: Re: Conspiracies, Cover-ups and Crimes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.195323.4143@wkuvx1.bitnet>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 01:53:23 GMT
- References: <21NOV199216062304@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
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- In article <21NOV199216062304@acad3.alaska.edu>, ksjwr@acad3.alaska.edu (REDELSS JOHN W) writes:
- > To readers of alt.conspiracy newsgroup:
- >
- > Is anyone out there familiar with the book entitled CONSPIRACIES,
- > COVER-UPS AND CRIMES by Jonathan Vankin?
- >
- As it happens, I own a copy.
-
- > How reliable is the information in this book? Is the bibliography any
- > good? What essential titles are missing from it? Is there anything in the
- > book that you think is particularly misleading?
- >
- Most of his stuff is through books in the bibliography and interviews
- with some people involved. Let me know what titles you consider
- "essential" and I'll look into it.
-
- > How reliable is the information on Lyndon LaRouche?
- >
- Mostly based on interview. As Vankin says, whether you believe or not
- is up to you.
-
- > I would really appreciate any information you could provide me that
- > would help me to evaluate the material in this book.
-
- It is annotated, but badly; instead of direct references, he mentions
- what he was talking about, or quotes the text for short examples, then
- adds the reference. If you can get past that, it's actually not a
- badly written book, IMHO.
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