Conspiracy Theory in America

by Lance deHaven-Smith

Book Overview

Ever since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible evidence that right-wing elements in the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service--and possibly even senior government officials--were also involved. Why has suspicion of criminal wrongdoing at the highest levels of government been rejected out-of-hand as paranoid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292757697
• ISBN13: 9780292757691
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.7"