REVIEWS
Michiko Kakutani for the New York Times: It's a Plot! No, It’s Not: A Debunking: In “Voodoo Histories,” the journalist David Aaronovitch deconstructs a dizzying array of conspiracy theories with logic, common sense and at times exasperated wit. (Read the full review here from the NYT site or here in pdf-easy-to-print-format)
Review: Voodoo Conspiracies by David Aaronovitch - "A good conspiracy theory exposes something that history allegedly hides. It reveals exactly what we want it to." Writes Geoff Pevere in the Toronto Star. Read full review here or visit original link here
AC Grayling reviews Voodoo Histories for The Times review, 29 April 2009 (read the review here)
Voodoo Histories is as concerned with understanding conspiracies as it is with rebutting them, and Aaronovitch’s tone throughout is that of the sage psychologist, his method that of the forensic historian.
George Eaton reviews Voodoo Histories for The New Statesman - 30 April 2009 (read the review here)
'A useful book about an important subject'
Giles Foden reviews Voodoo Histories for The Guardian - Saturday 2 May 2009 (read the review here)
This superbly researched, wittily written and eminently sane book explodes conspiracy theories by the dozen, and highlights the psychological disorders from which their promoters often suffer. Best of all, however, it points out how dangerous conspiracy theories can be to society.
Andrew Roberts reviews Voodoo Histories for The Literary Review (read the review here)
Anyone who has toyed with suspicion over the accidental nature of Princess Diana's death, or the self-inflicted nature of David Kelly's, will have that flirtation brutally curtailed by Aaronovitch's caustic rationality
Rafael Behr reviews Voodoo Histories for The Observer - Sunday 3 May 2009 (read the review here)
Voodoo Histories is, however, much more than a prolonged sneer at human folly, ignoble fun though that always is. It is also a serious inquiry into why conspiracy theories appeal, and Aaronovitch’s theories are consistently reasonable, persuasive and humane.The Sunday Times review, 3 May 2009 (read the review here)
Amol Rajan reviews Voodoo Histories for The Independent, 24 May 2009 (read the review here)
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