"Analyzing the wide-spread suspicions surrounding such events as Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, Watergate, and 9/11, Olmsted sheds light on why so many Americans believe that their government conspires against them, why more people believe these theories over time, and how real conspiracies--such as the infamous Northwoods plan--have fueled our paranoia about the governments we ourselves elect." - Publisher's description

"Delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-culture, exploring the rise of 9/11 conspiracy theories, the'birther'controversy surrounding Barack Obama's American citizenship, and how the conspiracy landscape has changed with the rise of the Internet and other new media.What do UFO believers, Christian millennialists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists have in common?"

"An overview of the development of UFO subcultures from the perspective of religious studies, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age is an innovative application of discourse analysis to the study of present day alternative religion." - Publisher's description

Michael O'Hare -- The twin towers and the truthers : 9/11 conspiracy theories -- The 9/11 conspiracy : the theories and the evidence / Paul McCaffrey -- Viewing 9/11 from a grassy knoll : you won't believe what the conspiracy theorists are claiming or will you? / Will Sullivan -- The anatomy of lunacy / Andrew Roberts -- 9/11 : the roots of paranoia / Christopher Hayes -- The American empire and 9/11 / David Ray Griffin -- Professors of paranoia? / John Gravois -- 500 conspiracy buffs meet to seek the truth of 9/11 / Alan Feuer -- Who still believes in 9/11 conspiracies? : an empirical study on political affiliation and conspiratorial thinking / Scott Sommers -- Shots in Dallas : the JFK assassination -- American enigma : Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK assassination / Paul McCaffrey -- Oswald shoots JFK : but who is the real target?

"Since the events of 9/11, a great amount of attention has been paid not only to Islamist terrorism and extremism in the Middle East, Arab and Muslim world, but to conspiracy theories about 9/11, American foreign policy, and Jews, Zionism, and Israel. High-profile examples include theories that claim 9/11 was an American and/or Israeli plot, the anti-Semitic ..." - From book