Introduction: conspiracy theories and conspiracism
The invention of conspiracy theory: the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati
Conspiracism takes shape in the United States
Preconditions for modern conspiracism: Jewish assimilation, premillennialism, and Aryan occultism
The international Jewish conspiracy and the secret government
The emergence of the hidden hand
The rise and fall of the hidden hand
From neo-Nazi to white supremacist conspiracism
The emergence of the new world order
The conspiracy of personal destruction
Pan-ideological conspiracy theories: denialism and cover-up
Conspiracism proliferates: some anomalies
Christian identity and the white race
The government conspiracy against "us"
Conspiracism rebounds: truthers, birthers, and the new militias
Conspiracism enters the mainstream
Democracy and civil society..
