Conspiracy How the Paranoid Style Flourishes

Was AIDS intentionally inflicted upon blacks by whites? Was JFK assassinated as part of an intricate conspiracy? Pipes traces conspiracy theories through history to show that "Conspiracism"—genuine and virulent belief in a conspiracy—dates back to the First Crusade and reached a peak in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, with the focus shifting from the Jews, groups such as Freemasons and the Rosicrucians, and back again.
—DanielPipes.org

Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, and commentator. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on American foreign policy and the Middle East.

Preface

xi

Conspiracy Theories Everywhere

1

(19)

A House of Mirrors

20

(17)

Unmasking the Conspiracy Theory

37

(15)

The Origins, to 1815

52

(24)

Florescence, 1815-1945

76

(30)

Migration to the Periphery, Since 1945

106

(23)

Two Conspiracist Traditions

129

(25)

Right-Wing Nuts, Leftist Sophisticates

154

(17)

Conspiracism's Costs

171

(15)

Appendix A: Benign Antisemitism

186

(6)

Appendix B: Stalin's Blind Spot

192

(7)

Appendix C: The Internet

199

(4)

Notes

203

(34)

Index

237

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Conspiracy How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From

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