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CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:29 am
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:29 am
Anyone read this? I thought I read about it on this board but the search function sucks so I couldn't find it. It's the authors response to Helter Skelter.
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Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:48 am to TIGERSTORM
I listened to a lot of it on a road trip. It’s pretty good.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:02 am to TIGERSTORM
i havent, but i read Helter Skelter this year for the first time and saw that this book was a response to it. guess i need to add it to my list.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 1:39 pm to TIGERSTORM
It was a tough read to me
So many threads going in every direction .. ended up skimming the back half all for the author to not really come to a conclusion just like a “whew.. I spent 20 years of my life on this book and this is where we are”
So many threads going in every direction .. ended up skimming the back half all for the author to not really come to a conclusion just like a “whew.. I spent 20 years of my life on this book and this is where we are”
Posted on 6/25/24 at 2:46 pm to Lawyered
Yeah, it's a really thought provoking book, but it doesn't really end up with any firm conclusions. I would read anyway it if you're at all interested in the subject matter. I think this guy was on to something.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 1:58 am to NorthSquatch
Lots of interesting trails that all just end back up at the parking lot.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 7:14 am to Lawyered
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It was a tough read to me
Same here. It really become a slough in the middle. Still had a lot of information I was not aware of.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 7:28 am to JW
Glad to see others felt the same about the book. It seemed like he just wanted to explore a lot of simultaneous parallel/related historical movements and figures, imply that they were somehow connected, and then not really provide any hard conclusions.
So as an exploration of the era’s counterculture and the government’s relationship with that counterculture, the book is great. As an alternative theory to Helter Skelter: not so much.
So as an exploration of the era’s counterculture and the government’s relationship with that counterculture, the book is great. As an alternative theory to Helter Skelter: not so much.
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