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The Political Style of Conspiracy: Chase, Sumner, and Lincoln. By Michael William Pfau. (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2005. viii, 248 pp. $59.95, ISBN 0-87013-760-3.)
Michael William Pfau's goal in his study of the rhetoric of the slave power conspiracy theory is to "understand how conspiracy theories replicate themselves" and spread like viruses to "colonize" and change minds (p. 2). In particular, he is interested in explaining how conspiracy theories succeed in persuading those at the center of political discourse, just as Richard Hofstadter explained how conspiracy theories have succeeded in gaining support from those at the fringe of American political life. . . .
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