July 30, 1999

Verbatim

By JENNIFER K. RUARK

Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture by Mark Fenster (University of Minnesota Press)

"[J]ust because overarching conspiracy theories are wrong does not mean that they are not on to something," writes Mr. Fenster, an independent scholar. Theories of John F. Kennedy's assassination, plots by the United Nations to control the world, even the belief that creatures from outer space

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