Enemies within the culture of conspiracy in modern America / [electronic resource] :
Robert A. Goldberg.
- Yale University, c2001.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 354 p.) : ill.
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.