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Politics and Paranoia: Fact(?) and Fiction(?)

Here are 42 books that look in some way at the last 70 years of American Real(?)politik and contain what Hofstader called "The Paranoid Style". Which are fact and which are fiction? That's for you to decide. For my money, the Philip K. Dick book is as real as any of them; sadly, we have reached a state where everything is real as long as it's popular and anything unpopular is a lie perpetrated by Them. The Truth, Mulder, is nowhere.
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The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time (Vankin)
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
1
Vankin
Absolute Power (David Baldacci)
Absolute Power
2
David Baldacci
Authoritarian Nightmare (Dean)
Authoritarian Nightmare
3
Dean
Battle for the American Mind (Hegseth)
Battle for the American Mind
4
Hegseth
The Big Lie (Lemire)
The Big Lie
5
Lemire
Conspiracy (Pipes)
Conspiracy
6
Pipes
Conspiracy Theories (Fenster)
Conspiracy Theories
7
Fenster
Fear (Bob Woodward)
Fear
8
Bob Woodward
The Final Days (Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein)
The Final Days
9
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
10
Glenn Beck's Common Sense
Glenn Beck's Common Sense
11
High Treason (Robert Groden)
High Treason
12
Robert Groden
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year (Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker)
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
13
Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
14
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
15
Sinclair Lewis
Live Free or Die (Sean Hannity)
Live Free or Die
16
Sean Hannity
MacBird (Barbara Garson)
MacBird
17
Barbara Garson
Make Russia Great Again (Christopher Buckley)
Make Russia Great Again
18
Christopher Buckley
The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ (Roger Stone)
The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ
19
Roger Stone
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
20
Richard Condon
Midnight in Washington (Adam B. Schiff)
Midnight in Washington
21
Adam B. Schiff
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David
22
Knebel
No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel (Christopher Buckley)
No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel
23
Christopher Buckley
None Dare Call It Treason (John Stormer)
None Dare Call It Treason
24
John Stormer
Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
Nuclear Folly
25
Plokhy
The Palace Guard (Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates)
The Palace Guard
26
Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (Richard Hofstadter)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
27
Richard Hofstadter
Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
Peril
28
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How W (Malcolm Nance)
The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How W
29
Malcolm Nance
Primary Colors (Joe Klein)
Primary Colors
30
Joe Klein
The Real Anthony Fauci (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.)
The Real Anthony Fauci
31
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Rush to Judgment (Mark Lane)
Rush to Judgment
32
Mark Lane
Selling Fear (Camp)
Selling Fear
33
Camp
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
34
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
Silent Invasion (Deborah Birx)
Silent Invasion
35
Deborah Birx
Thank You for Your Servitude (Leibovich)
Thank You for Your Servitude
36
Leibovich
Them (Jon Ronson)
Them
37
Jon Ronson
This Will Not Pass (Martin/Burns)
This Will Not Pass
38
Martin/Burns
Treason (Ann Coulter)
Treason
39
Ann Coulter
Vanished (Fletcher Knibel)
Vanished
40
Fletcher Knibel
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