Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power

by Anna Merlan

Book Overview

A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.

American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump, previously outlandish ideas suddenly attained legitimacy. Trump himself is a conspiracy enthusiast: from his claim that global warming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250159059
• ISBN13: 9781250159052
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Another Trump hater. It's all Trump's fault...WOW

If it looks like a duck, And it quacks like a duck, It ain't Trump. LOL