American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us

by Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell (Editor)

Overview

New York Times Bestseller! Let former Minnesota Governor, actor, and superstar professional wrestler Jesse Ventura walk you through the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr, Watergate, the Jonestown massacre, and more.

In this explosive account of wrongful acts and ensuing cover-ups, Jesse Ventura takes a systematic look at the wide gap between what the government knows and when the government knows it, and what is revealed to the American people and when it is revealed.

The media is complicit in these acts of deception, often refusing to consider alternate possibilities and dismissing voices that diverge from public opinion. In American Conspiracies, Ventura looks closely at the theories that have been presented over the years and examines the truth, as well as the lies.

The assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, the Kennedys, and Martin Luther King Jr.—these cases and more need to be re-examined in Ventura’s eyes.

• Was Watergate presented honestly, or was the CIA involved?
• Did the Republican Party set out to purposefully steal two elections?
• Has all of the evidence on 9/11 been presented, or is there another angle that the media is afraid to explore?
• Was the financial collapse and the bailout plan by the Federal Reserve the widest-reaching conspiracy ever perpetrated?
• And much more!

Nothing gets by Jesse Ventura in American Conspiracies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616082147
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	04/04/2011
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	530,716
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jesse Ventura is the former independent governor of Minnesota. He is also a former US Navy frogman, a professional wrestler, a movie actor, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read, and Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! He was the host and executive producer of truTV’s Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, which won the Stony Award from High Times magazine in 2010. He was also the host of the political talk show Off The Grid, which aired on RT America and online at Ora.tv. He has a reputation as a rebel and a freethinker, and he has no qualms about questioning authority. He spends half the year in Baja, Mexico and the other half in his home state of Minnesota.

Dick Russell has written for such varied publications as Time, Sports Illustrated, and the Village Voice.His books include The Man Who Knew Too Much, Black Genius, and On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. He is also the coauthor of several New York Times bestsellers, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, and They Killed Our President.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 The First Not-Alone-Nut John Wilkes Booth 1

2 The Big-Money Plot to Overthrow FDR 11

3 The Kennedy Assassination: Biggest Cover-Up of My Lifetime 22

4 The Assassination Malcolm X 44

5 The Murder Dr. Martin Luther King 53

6 The Assassination Robert Kennedy 65

7 Watergate Revisited: The CIA's War Against Nixon 77

8 The Jonestown Massacre 94

9 "October Surprise": The First Stolen Election 104

10 Your Government Dealing Drugs 113

11 The Stolen Elections of 2000, 2004 (And Almost 2008) 128

12 What Really Happened on September 11? 142

13 The Wall Street Conspiracy 164

14 The Secret Plans to End American Democracy 183

15 Lyme Disease: A Germ-Warfare Experiment Gone Awry 201

16 The Gulf Oil Spill: A Pre-Planned Disaster? 208

Epilogue 216

Further Reading 219

Notes 224

Editorial Reviews

Jesse Ventura made headlines last year when he asserted that the U.S. government might have planned the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. In his American Conspiracies, he ventures even further, probing deeper truths involving the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.; the Watergate scandals; Jonestown; the elections of George W. Bush; and the recent financial crisis. A magnet for conspiracy buffs; now in paperback and a NOOK Edition.

An action-packed read? You bet.

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An action-packed read? You bet.” (Booklist)

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