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David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He lives in Hampstead, north London, with his wife, three daughters and Kerry Blue the terrier. His first book, Paddling to Jerusalem, won the Madoc... show more

David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He lives in Hampstead, north London, with his wife, three daughters and Kerry Blue the terrier. His first book, Paddling to Jerusalem, won the Madoc prize for travel literature in 2001.
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Birth date: July 08, 1954
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Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it 11 years ago
Was hoping for a bit more of the psychology of why there's a tendency to believe in conspiracies on the whole, but still an interesting whirlwind tour of the bevy of theories out there and the "research" and theorists behind them.
Leslie's Book Fort
Leslie's Book Fort rated it 14 years ago
Voodoo Histories is a fascinating look at conspiracy theories about history and public events, starting with the notorious Protocols of the Elders of Zion and continuing all the way through the present-day "Birther" and "Truther" movements by way of Stalin's show trials, McCarthyism, the deaths of J...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 14 years ago
Nice treatise on the nature of conspiracy theories and why people believe them beyond any other reasonable explanation. The author looks at a number of past conspiracies going all the way back to the Priory of Sion, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Senator Joseph McCarthy's Commie baiting and th...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 15 years ago
Ocasionally interesting but a disappointment overall.
afterwhat
afterwhat rated it 15 years ago
I thought this book would be a lot more intersting than I'm actually finding it. I mean, conspiracy theories! So interesting and awesome! And yet, dry, dry. I do not think I'll finish it.
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