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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
3.88 AVERAGE
1.09k reviews for:
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
3.88 AVERAGE
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Apparently I love investigative journalism!
I liked that we were constantly learning new information, he didn't speculate much without adding a new fact or something that wasn't adding up. I like that he didn't try to draw a final conclusion at the end or try to force a "satisfying" ending, he just put all the info there for us to piece together since we will likely never learn the full story.
I liked that we were constantly learning new information, he didn't speculate much without adding a new fact or something that wasn't adding up. I like that he didn't try to draw a final conclusion at the end or try to force a "satisfying" ending, he just put all the info there for us to piece together since we will likely never learn the full story.
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"My goal isn't to say what did happen, it's to prove that the official story didn't."
In "Chaos", Tom O'Neill posits: what if Vincent Bugliosi was a lyin ass bitch?
This book is a dense assessment of the insidiously pervasive abuse of power in US law enforcement and legal system and one writer's obsession with endlessly pulling the threads of conspiracy surrounding the handling of the Manson case and exploring every possible alternative to Bugliosi's Helter Skelter narrative.
Despite the clearly robust research performed by O'Neill over a long stretch of time and the intriguing premise, the end result is somehow underdeveloped and exceedingly convoluted.
In "Chaos", Tom O'Neill posits: what if Vincent Bugliosi was a lyin ass bitch?
This book is a dense assessment of the insidiously pervasive abuse of power in US law enforcement and legal system and one writer's obsession with endlessly pulling the threads of conspiracy surrounding the handling of the Manson case and exploring every possible alternative to Bugliosi's Helter Skelter narrative.
Despite the clearly robust research performed by O'Neill over a long stretch of time and the intriguing premise, the end result is somehow underdeveloped and exceedingly convoluted.
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It’s a lot of detail
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Given the exhaustive (and apparently ongoing) research and reporting that went into this book, it should probably be considered the definitive book about the Manson murders. I appreciated that it wasn't so much about the grisly details of the murder but attempted to situate The Family in its Californian cultural milieu and answer the question of how Manson was able to turn normal young people into killers. Anyone who knows anything about US security agencies' counterrevolutionary activities in the 1960s and the history of psychological research into psychedelics and other substances won't be surprised by where the author finds himself as he digs deeper
If you found this book interesting, I suggest checking out: The Jakarta Method, How to Change Your Mind, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies. I also suggest Errol Morris's documentary, Wormwood, whose subject is mentioned by O'Neill.
If you found this book interesting, I suggest checking out: The Jakarta Method, How to Change Your Mind, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies. I also suggest Errol Morris's documentary, Wormwood, whose subject is mentioned by O'Neill.
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While this was pretty entertaining, most of this was hearsay and speculation. Most people involved in the original murder case are now dead and unable to verify or refute the information presented.
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