Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-307) and index.
The consent of the people: presidential secrecy and the first world war -- Lying us into war? The second battle of Pearl Harbor -- Masters of deceit: red spies and red hunters in the McCarthy era -- The Dealey Plaza irregulars: the JFK assassination and the collapse of trust in the 1960s -- White House of horrors: Nixon, Watergate, and the secret government -- Trust no one: conspiracies and conspiracy theories from the 1970s to the 1990s -- Cabal of soccer moms: 9/11 and the culture of deceit