Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere – from Pearl Harbour to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana.  David Aaronovitch’s Voodoo Histories entertainingly demolishes the absurd and sinister conspiracy theories of the last 100 years. Aaronovitch reveals why people are so ready to believe in them and the dangers of this credulity.

He explodes the conspiracy theories surrounding the Protocols of the Elders of Zion; Pearl Harbour; the deaths of Kennedy, Monroe and Princess Diana; ‘pseudohistory’ such as the Holy Blood and Holy Grail, the 9/11 Truth Movement; and the moon landings.

Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and commentator on culture, international affairs, politics and the media.

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