Ghosts of Iron Mountain - The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy

How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil -deep state-? It didn''t begin with Donald Trump, and it won-t end with him.

In Ghosts of Iron Mountain, Phil Tinline traces the roots of today-s fears back to the years after the Second World War, when America was the most powerful nation the world had ever known. He tells, in vivid, entertaining and brilliant detail, the story of a literary hoax that shocked a nation. Its impact - and its astonishing afterlife - reveal America-s fears as you-ve never seen them before.

In 1967, at the height of the war in Vietnam, a group of New York writers cooked up a satirical response to the Dr Strangelove-like thinking prevalent in Washington. They concocted what appeared to be a top-secret government report into what would happen to the USA if permanent global peace broke out.

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