Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- American tradition -- Master conspiracy -- Rise of the antichrist -- View from the grassy knoll -- Jewish devils and the war on Black America -- Roswell incident -- Mainstreaming conspiracism.

From the Roswell UFO incident to the Communist threat to the rise of the Antichrist, there has been a hunger for conspiracy in America since World War II. Goldberg focuses on five major conspiracy theories of the past half century and examines why they became so popular.