Them : : Adventures With Extremists
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Originally published: London : Picador, 2001.
Semi-Detached Ayatollah -- Running through cornfields -- Secret rulers of the world -- Bilderberg sets a trap! -- Middlemen in New York -- There are lizards and there are lizards -- Klansman who won't use the n-word -- Hollywood -- Living a diamond life in a rocky world -- Dr. Paisley, I presume -- Ceausescu's shoes -- Way things are done -- Clearing in the forest -- Acknowledgments.
In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a fascinating and frequently hilarious look at extremists around the globe, and the conspiracy theory that unites them. Journalist Jon Ronson, the mild-mannered but ironic observer, learns some alarming things about the looking-glass world of them and us. Are the extremists onto something? Or has Ronson become one of Them?
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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2003], ©2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780743233217
0743233212
SUBJECTS
Chomsky, Noam.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).
Radicals.
Radicalism.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Bohemian Grove (Calif.).
Ruby Ridge (Idaho).