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Conspiracies and Cover-ups

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This book contains a lot of information. The author (I think) I did a good of sticking to the points concerning each conspiracy listed in each chapter. The book is interesting to read and the author's comments (reflecting his views) are quite funny. For this author, the book was obviously not long enough to write all the facts he wanted to convey to the readers. The book contains a wide range of different categories of conspiracies (which I thought was good about the book).

Thus, reading the book was fast pace. How much of the information was true - I could not tell you, but it did me something to think about. This is the 21st century and there is a lot of money and technology out there to be had and shared. A lot of power for one person/group who can get a hold of it - makes for an interesting concept. What they do with it, is another concept.

Fascinating and sometimes disturbing overview of cynical government, military, and corporate worlds as well as discussion of substance and myth in outlandish conspiracy theories. Fun and worthwhile with some shocking truths and some very tentative possibilities. Quick, fun read that leaves you wanting more while also wishing some truths would "go away". Give it to anyone who should not enlist in the armed services and to all who believe 'everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds' like Pangloss.

Conspiracies and Coverups is one of the scariest books I've ever read. Frankly I find some of it too hard to believe, especially some of the darker revelations about alien beings made by the author... Listen, don't read this book if you get scared easily or are prone to having nightmares, because it really has some shocking parts that can start you looking over your shoulder and keep you awake at night.

I'm a Korean War veteran. The book had an interesting cover so I bought it to read on a weekend trip. I read the part about MIAs with tears in my eyes. This book said it straight. Thank the Good Lord somebody finally wrote the truth about MIAs. What was ritten in this book happened to some of the men who served with me. I know it for a fact. God bless the author of this book for writing it. I hope he makes a million bucks on it, 'cause it's worth a million. If I ever meet him I am going to shake his
hand and tell him what a service he's done for all us American war veterans, and I'm going to recommend this book to the many vets I personally know.

If you want to read about things that make you say "HUMMMM", this is the book! Some inside thoughts that make you wonder what more is there that the people we elect to represent us are not telling us! Once I started reading, I couldn't, or better yet, didn't want to put it down. I highly recommend this book for people who are interested in what might be going on inside the government and other agencies.

Just wanted to say I found Conspiracies and Cover-ups to be a real fun and thought-provoking summer read. Read it from cover to cover in one sitting. I'd also like to say to the hate-monger who complained about some kind of imaginary "anti-right wing slant" of the book, quoting "facts" -- here's another fact this expert missed: It's "Tesla" not "Telsa."

I am somewhat of a conspiracy moderate. I have been interested in the 'speculative' for some ten-odd years now, however it has come in spurts. A year here, six months there, a week here, two weeks there. In the past month, I have literally submerged myself into the world of conspiracy literature.

Truth be told, this is one of the poorest examples of how truly fascinating, interesting, and core-shaking conspiracy writing can be. Alexander gives very superficial introductions to about ten topics, ranging from American POWs to Weaponry and Alien Beings. This book contains very little real information; instead, it is a string-together of Alexander's own attempts to be witty and ranting diatribes about the plight of humanity.

It was a general struggle to get through this book. The writing is stiff and awkward, and essentially substanceless. Alexander tries to write about so many things that he winds up only touching on the surface of all of them. He writes vaguely and seems to leave out rather large pieces of information.

If you've never read anything even remotely related to conspiracy theory, then this would be a good book to test the proverbial waters with. However, truth be told, most people who are interested in conspiracy literature will already know most everything in this book and will find the writing style and slow pace quite boring.

This book exemplifies the poorly researched conspiracy theorists it pretends to spoof. Written with a left-wing bias ("it's all the fault of those right-wing fascists"), the book makes a number of assertions without any indication of serious research. As an example, the author blithely associates Edison/General Electric with alternating current and Telsa/Westinghouse with direct current when quite the reverse is true. Within the same chapter, the author fails geography when he states Philadelphia and Norfolk are only 15 miles apart. (Those cities are about 210 miles apart when last I checked a map.) Indeed, the author is innocent of map-checking or other fact verification. I have to ask "Were the editors asleep when they published this book?"

In good conscience, I can't recommend this book to serious observers of the strange.

Overlook David Alexander's smug commentary on the various conspiracy/cover-up theories he presents, and you'll find nothing original. Just a roster of what the average conspiracy & cover-up reader has already read or seen on cable TV.

good book for beginners but at points the author drags some things out that just get annoying. on the whole i enjoyed it and for the price it cant be beat.