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- From: cj195@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John W. Redelfs)
- Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
- Subject: Re: Conspiracy books
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:30:09 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce) says:
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- >Are any of these books worth reading?
- >
- > _Architects of conspiracy : an intriguing history_ by William P.
- > Hoar, (Boston : Western Islands), 1984.
- >
- > _Architects of fear : conspiracy theories and paranoia in American
- > politics_ by George Johnson, (Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher), 1983.
- >
- > _Conspiracies, cover-ups, and crimes : political manipulation and
- > mind control in America_ by Jonathan Vankin, (New York : Paragon
- > House), 1991.
- >
- >-- Brad Pierce --
- >
- The only one I've read of these three is Vankin. It had a lot of useful
- bibliography and had quite a bit of material on the Birchers, LaRouche,
- Discordians, JFK, but nothing on the Moonies.i
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- I felt the book tended to make the whole field look ridiculous by
- including quite a lot of material on such subjects as UFOs, floridation,
- Laetrile, etc.
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- However I would recommend the book if only for the bibliography.
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- --
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- --------- All my opinions are tentative pending further data. ---------
- ------------ John W. Redelfs, cj195@cleveland.Freenet.edu -------------
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