The 70 Greatest Conspiracies Of All Time: History's Biggest Mysteries, Coverups, and Cabals

by Jonathan Vankin

Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

D24 .V36

Publication

Citadel (2000), Edition: Revised and Updated, 528 pages

Description

Examines conspiracies ranging from the death of Marilyn Monroe and the cover-up of a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico to the Oklahoma City bombing.

User reviews

LibraryThing member RandyStafford
An ideal primer for those who don't have the time to read the vast volume of conspiracy literature. This book will not only introduce you to perennial conspiracy favorites involving JFK, the CIA, UFOs, Marilyn Monroe, and Jim Morrison but also more obscure conspiracies. There's that dead reporter
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in the bathtub. He was working on something called the Octopus file involving stolen software and arms smuggling. And what about those machines in the polling booth? Are they really counting your vote? There's the "Fighting Quaker" who stopped a cabal of American fascists from overthrowing FDR. Who really did the killings at Jonestown? Is fluoride not a plot to steal our precious bodily fluids but to sell us more candy?
You get a briefing on 70 conspiracies and suggestions for further reading, so, the next time someone at a party begins to go on about their favorite conspiracy (and doesn't everyone have at least one?), you'll be able to look them square in the eye and say, "Well, I have a theory..."
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

528 p.; 8.25 inches

ISBN

0806520337 / 9780806520339
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