The paranoid style in American politics -- The pseudo-conservative revolt, 1954 -- Pseudo-conservatism revisited, 1965 -- Goldwater and pseudo-conservative politics -- Cuba, the Philippines, and manifest destiny -- What happened to the antitrust movement? -- Free silver and the mind of "Coin" Harvey.
Summary
"The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a vast' or gigantic' conspiracy as the "motive force" in historical events ... The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms--he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization." --From the book.
