The coming storm : a journey into the heart of the conspiracy machine /

Is this how democracy dies? The Coming Storm is Gabriel Gatehouse's brilliant exploration of how conspiracy theories are tearing America apart. It's a story that takes you down a rabbit hole, one that both the United States as a nation and he as a journalist fell through, to unpack an epoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gatehouse, Gabriel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : BBC Books, [2024].
Subjects:	Trump, Donald, > 1946- Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021. Conspiracy theories. Scandals > United States. Critical theory. Truthfulness and falsehood. Democracy > United States. Political violence > Washington (D.C.) Social media > Political aspects > United States. United States > Politics and government > 21st century.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Follow the white rabbit
The enemy within
Lighting the match
The scandal factory
Persistent make-believe
Part II. The operation
Rehearsal
Anyone can be anything
Conflict is attention, attention is influence
Mimetic warfare
The patriot
The calm before the storm
Part III. Down the rabbit hole
You are the plan
Everything is connected
The black pill
Whatever it takes
Among the gods.