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Ghosts of Iron Mountain
The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy
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Ghosts of Iron Mountain
Narrado por:
Phil Tinline
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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil ‘deep state’?
In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, a group of New York writers concocted what appeared to be a top-secret government report into what would happen to the USA if permanent global peace broke out. Report from Iron Mountain claimed that winding down America’s vast war-making machinery would wreck the economy and tear society apart, necessitating draconian controls over the population. It was published as non-fiction – and was frighteningly convincing. Journalists tried to find out who had written it. Worried memos reached right up to the president. It became a bestselling cause celebre.
Even when the hoax was revealed, many refused to believe it wasn’t real. The Report was seized on by eager figures on the far right and in the militia movement, who insisted that it revealed terrifying government conspiracies to pollute the environment, enslave Americans and even instigate eugenics. And its legacy lives on today.
Ghosts of Iron Mountain traces this story through a gallery of vivid characters, from the radical academic C. Wright Mills and the writers E.L. Doctorow, Victor Navasky and Leonard Lewin in 1960s New York, to the far-right impresario Willis Carto, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper,
L. Fletcher Prouty (the inspiration for ‘Mr X’ in the film JFK), and ranting broadcaster Alex Jones.
This is one of the great stories of our time and reveals how nightmares about its own government drove America crazy.
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Phil Tinline's startling book about the weird legacy of a brilliant anti-war hoax is not just an illuminating deep dive into offbeat history. It is an essential read for anyone trying to understand the tragicomic nature of contemporary politics. Itself both hilarious and profoundly serious, it helps us grasp how laughter has turned so deadly.
Spellbinding, a profound meditation on a question that America has never figured out quite how to face: can government, for, by, and of the people, ever live comfortably side by side with military empire?
The astounding and terrifying story of how a clever satire became a "true" story for far right conspiracists is a gripping drama. But it's far more than that: here is an intellectual exploration of the blurring between truth and lies, sanity and madness, fact and fantasy, at the very time it is most needed as the world risks losing touch with what is, and what we choose to feel it is.
This is a despatch from Fake News' ground zero, when it was all just a clever game. It's fascinating - and deeply alarming.
A superb work of journalism, history, and political insight, a brilliant true story about a brilliant fake story. We must all give thanks to Phil Tinline for exposing this conspiracy of conspiracies, this scheme of schemes — a story so good that, once you see it, you see it everywhere.
Deeply rooted and brilliantly told... What a fascinating tale Phil Tinline unspools here. He's unearthed a strange, little-known key from the 1960s with which he unlocks America's descent into conspiracy madness and the dangerous blurring of political fiction and reality. Ghosts of Iron Mountain is unique, illuminating, and important
A tremendous journalistic achievement, a rollicking page turner, and, ultimately, a public service... Tinline provides the "why" behind today’s most destabilizing extremist conspiracy theories about secret governments and deep states.
A gripping, beautifully written, real-life historical thriller that convincingly links modern incarnations of America’s destructive conspiracy theory culture – from Donald Trump to InfoWars – to a fascinating but forgotten 1960s hoax. Rollercoastering from past to present, Ghosts of Iron Mountain reveals why many among us clutch at yarns about evil cabals and shadowy powerbrokers, and it finally answers the crucial question: why do so many Americans cling to the stubborn belief that if something feels real, it is real?
Brilliantly unsettling … It’s the perfect history book for the post-truth age. (Dominic Sandbrook)
Eye popping... Tinline's account is both convincing and horrifying
What emerges from all the fascinating detail that Tinline has assembled is a parable of contemporary political culture, confirming his status as one of our foremost historians of ideas (Matthew D’Ancona)
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