Conspiracy theories permeate all post-war American culture. Whether you take it from postmodern novels or The X-Files, gangster rap or debates about feminism, there is a suspicion that some evil forces are conspiring to begin to control the fate of the country, our minds and even our bodies. Conspiracy explanations can no longer be dismissed as mere paranoia of the far right. They have become an inevitable response to a dangerous and increasingly globalized world, where everything is interconnected, but nothing is clear. Conspiracy Culture presents an analysis of texts on familiar topics—the Kennedy assassination, alien abduction, body scares, AIDS, crack, the New World Order—as well as more exotic texts; about a conspiracy to support patriarchy or white supremacy. Cultural historian Peter Knight traces the development of conspiracy culture from the counterculture suspicions about power in the 1960s to the 1990s, when paranoia became common and ironic. Don't trust anyone, because we have already met the enemy, and this enemy is ourselves!