Bibliograph

The rough guide to conspiracy theories, by James McConnachie & Robin Tudge

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Label

The rough guide to conspiracy theories, by James McConnachie & Robin Tudge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rough guide to conspiracy theories

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Responsibility statement

by James McConnachie & Robin Tudge

Series statement

Rough guides

Summary

Fully revised and updated, "The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories" sorts the myths from the realities, the allegations from the explanations and the paranoid from the probable. Who might be trying to convince us that climate change is or isn't real? What is the truth behind the death of Osama bin Laden and is he still alive? When did the CIA start experimenting with mind control? Where is the HAARP installation and did it have anything to do with the Japanese tsunami disaster? Why is surveillance in our cities and online so widespread and what are the real benefits? This definitive guide to the world's most controversial conspiracies wanders through a maze of sinister secrets, suspicious cover-ups hidden agendas and clandestine operations to explore all these questions - and many many more

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Assassinations and downfalls -- Tutankhamun and the curse of the pharaoh -- Jesus of Nazareth and the case of the missing penis -- The archduke and the Black Hand -- Marilyn Monroe: something had to give -- Exploding cigars: the CIA and Castro -- JFK: who wasn't involved? -- Malcolm X: black powers -- Martin Luther King: dreams and nightmares -- Robert Kennedy: another brother lost -- John Paul I: the smiling pope -- John Lennon: dangerous pacifist -- Paul McCartney is dead -- God's banker: Roberto Calvi -- The princess and the tunnel -- Inquests and investigations -- David Kelly and the weapons of mass destruction -- Alexander Litvinenko: radioactive spy -- Decaying evidence: the death of Yasser Arafat -- Death in a sunroof: Benazir Bhutto -- Osama bin Laden: dead or alive? -- Unlawful killing? Muammar Gaddafi -- Gaddafi, Lumumba, Hammarskjold -- Mega-conspiracies and master plans -- Knights of the shadows: the Templars --

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Conspiracy theories

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