The Fear of Conspiracy: Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present

First published by Cornell in 1971, The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings--the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael--that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, documenting two centuries of conspiracy-mongering (1763-1966), highlights the American tendency to search for subversive enemies and to construct terrifying dangers from fragmentary and highly circumstantial evidence.

Author: David Brion Davis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 02/13/2008
Series: Cornell Paperbacks
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.56w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780801491139