Ebook: Conspiracy theories: the roots, themes and propagation of paranoid political and cultural narratives

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The Nature of Conspiracy -- 1 -- Secret Societies -- Enlightenment Roots -- Secret Societies and Religious Paranoia in American History -- Edith Starr Miller's Occult Theocrasy -- David Icke: Invasion of the Lizard People -- 2 -- New World Orders -- William Cooper -- 3 -- They Came from Outer Space -- A Brief History of Flying Saucers -- "The Silence Group": UFO Cover-Ups in the 1950s and 1960s -- The Men in Black -- The 1980s and 1990s -- Flying Saucers and the New World Order -- 4 -- Mind Control;"Narratives based on conspiratorial and paranoid thinking have become increasingly prominent throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. From the prosaic to the outlandish, conspiracy theories. This book examines conspiracy theories and the narratives constructed by those who believe and propagate them, providing a unique view of U.S. history and highlighting fears both founded and unfounded"--