Chaos: Charles Manson, the Cia, and the Secret History of the Sixties (O'Neill Tom)(Paperback) - diskuze

A journalist',s twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to ",gobsmacking", (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI',s involvement in this ",kaleidoscopic", (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history.  , Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader',s every order -- their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of history',s most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia -- or dystopia -- was just an acid trip away.  , Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O',Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the ",official", story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi -- prosecutor of the Manson Family and author of Helter Skelter -- turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O',Neill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions:  , Who were Manson',s real friends in Hollywood, and how f
více informací