Conspiracies – The Facts. The Theories. The Evidence. by Andy Thomas. Free Download

• Title: Conspiracies The Facts. The Theories. The Evidence.
  
• Writer: Andy Thomas
  
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• Format: Epub
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Pick a century, any century. Or a decade, a year, a month. In each you will find significant and seemingly indisputable events occurring, the kind that can change the course of human history. Yet, for every one of them, somebody, somewhere, will loudly dispute the ‘official’ account, doubting that the truth has been told. Conspiracy theories have been with us since civilization began, always whispering from the fringes, begging to be taken seriously. In certain centuries they have been, sometimes to disastrous effect, while at other times ones that perhaps should have been listened to have been perilously ignored.
In our modern environment, with trust in authorities at an all-time low, and with communication profoundly transformed, for a while conspiracy theories found a new currency, with websites and social networking ensuring they received a wider and more rapid spread than ever before. Was this a curse or a miracle? With no editorial filters or peer approval required to send them out to the world, the strangest ideas could now catch like wildfire and a steady torrent of challenges be thrown down against establishment spin – ones which reached the public almost as readily as the mainstream media…..