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    5 Stars Does Truth Matter Anymore? 02/02/2010
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    Advantages Advantages Thorough, well-researched and very readable

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It is not going to convince hardcore believers

    Voodoo Histories is a long overdue scholarly yet entertaining rational study on the history of the 20th and 21st century's rising interest in conspiracy theory. He looks at its uses in propaganda and its emergence as pop history phenomenon. A common myth among conspiricists is that conspiracy theories are often anti-right wing, but as David Aaronovitch points out, they have no political preference. There have been very popular left and right wing conspiracy theories propagated over time. Beginning with the fictional Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Aaronovitch shows how a proven piece of 19th ... more
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