{"product_id":"voodoo-histories-book-david-aaronovitch-9781594484988","title":"Voodoo Histories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Meticulous in its research, forensic in its reasoning, robust in its argument, and often hilarious in its debunking... a highly entertaining rumble with the century's major conspiracy theorists and their theories.\" --John Lahr, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From an award-winning journalist, a history so funny, so true, so scary, it's bound to be called a conspiracy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere- from Pearl Harbor to 9\/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana. In this age of terrorism we live in, the role of conspiracy is a serious one, one that can fuel radical or fringe elements to violence. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For David Aaronovitch, there came a time when he started to see a pattern among these inflammatory theories. these theories used similarly murky methods with which to insinu­ate their claims: they linked themselves to the supposed conspiracies of the past (it happened then so it can happen now); they carefully manipulated their evidence to hide its holes; they relied on the authority of dubious aca­demic sources. Most important, they elevated their believers to membership of an elite- a group of people able to see beyond lies to a higher reality. But why believe something that entails stretching the bounds of probabil­ity so far?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this entertaining and enlightening book, he examines why people believe conspiracy theories, and makes an argument for a true skepticism: one based on a thorough knowledge of history and a strong dose of common sense.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49576452391185,"sku":"GOR008512500","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50129488478481,"sku":"CIN1594484988G","price":4.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50191789457681,"sku":"CIN1594484988A","price":4.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50959779889425,"sku":"CIN1594484988VG","price":5.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037937762577,"sku":"NIN9781594484988","price":26.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594484988.jpg?v=1750799376","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/voodoo-histories-book-david-aaronovitch-9781594484988","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}