My employer used to laugh whenever I would mention the existence of vast conspiracies working around us in the world today. Then I lent him this book. Now he merely smiles and nods, with the occasional nervous glance over his shoulder.

Two main sections help deliver tone that exists in the world of conspiracy theory. The first section examines a cross-section of the theorists themselves; from the flaky personalities capitalizing on the public's need to know, to the ordinary people (like you or I) that find themselves sucked into the realm of the unbelievable, the explainable, and the unavoidable. The second section then broadsides you with a vast collection of some of the most intense and complicated examples of what conspiracy theory is all about.

The key to this book's success at making you think is that it doesn't pick and choose which plots and cover-ups are real or imagined. Instead, it merely dumps all of the facts and theories right in your lap, leaving you no choice but to decide for yourself what you can or can't dismiss as paranoid folly. Highly recommended for believers & skeptics alike. ( )