Conspiracies, Cover-Ups and Crimes

Conspiracies, Cover-Ups and Crimes, Jonathan Vankin, IllumiNet Press, 1996

This is a survey of some of the major events and figures in the early 1990's world of political conspiracies. All the people and events one would expect to see in such a book are here, among them: the Illuminati, the World Anti-Communist League, Skull and Bones, Kerry Thornley, Silverado Savings and Loan, Henry Kissinger, secret societies, CIA, P2 Lodge, David Rockefeller, October Surprise/Iran-Contra, neo-Nazis, the John Birch Society, the Knights of Malta, the Jonestown massacre, the Trilateral Commission, MK-ULTRA, UFOs, George Bush, BCCI, and the central linchpin of all modern conspiracy theories, the Kennedy Assassination.

Vankin also makes the point that not all conspiracy nuts are automatically nuts; some people want to find out for themselves, especially if the "official" version doesn't add up.

To those who may be unfamiliar with the above list of people and events, this is a great example of "one-stop shopping" in the conspiracy field. To veterans, this provides a very good overvew of the conspiracy world.