merchants doubt merchants doubt non fiction book american historians science identifies parallels global warming controversy earlier controversies tobacco smoking acid rain ddt hole layer conway write case keeping controversy alive spreading doubt confusion scientific consensus reached basic strategy opposing action particular scientists joined forces conservative think tanks private corporations challenge scientific consensus contemporary issues subjects critical book reviewers received favorably reviewer said merchants doubt researched documented important books reviewer saw book choice best science book year film merchants doubt directed released themes conway write handful politically conservative scientists strong ties particular industries played role debates controversial questions authors write resulted deliberate issues influence public opinion policy making book criticizes called merchants doubt predominantly american science key players singer rocket scientist worked atomic bomb active topics like acid rain tobacco smoking global warming book claims scientists challenged scientific consensus fields dangers smoking effects acid rain existence hole existence climate change singer involved institutions united_states funded corporations conservative foundations organizations opposed forms state intervention regulation citizens book lists similar tactics case discredit science false information spread confusion promote doubt book states singer fiercely anti communist viewed government regulation step socialism communism authors argue collapse soviet_union looked great threat free market capitalism found feared reaction environmental problems lead heavy handed government intervention marketplace intrusion people lives conway state longer delay worse problems likely governments need measures conservatives market fear singer denied scientific evidence contributed strategy delay helped bring situation authors strong doubt ability media differentiate false truth actual science question stop short endorsing censorship science norm balanced reporting helped according authors misleading messages conway state small numbers people large negative impacts especially organised determined access power main conclusion book progress influence experts tried ideological reasons undermine trust science base regulation similar conclusions drawn book requiem species resist truth climate change australian academic reception reviewers received merchants doubt enthusiastically science says outstanding historians calls merchants doubt fascinating important study says apparently harsh claims singer justified powerful ways prominent climate scientists exploited attacked press christian science monitor says merchants doubt researched documented important books conway seen demonstrate doubt merchants objective scientists term popularly understood instead science speaking mercenaries hired corporations process numbers prove corporations products safe useful says scientists published review book yale forum climate media wrote conway use combination thorough scholarly research combined writing reminiscent best investigative journalism deep common links past environmental public health controversies terms climate science authors leave little doubt disdain regard abuse science small scientists largely lacking climate science expertise writes strength book research detailed focus key incidents said climate change chapter pages long recommends books readers want broader picture aspect climate cover stop planet burning heat boiling point england said little coverage millions dollars funding groups actively involved promoting climate change denial doubt review economist calls powerful book politics involved degree scientists manufactured exaggerated environmental authors fail fully explain environmental action proved possible despite factors coined term describe study culturally induced ignorance doubt wrote detailed written book set context books cover history manufactured ignorance doubt product republican war science denial book cancer wars guardian states conway deserve considerable praise exposing influence small group cold war tactic spreading doubt confused public series key scientific issues global warming scientists actually certain research results says merchants doubt includes detailed notes sources carefully paced runaway contender best science book year review journal acknowledges book researched based criticizes book written black white manner historians write nuanced description book depicts special interests misleading public mainly responsible stopping action policy says shows lack basic understanding political process mechanisms knowledge policy authors assume public policy follow understanding science book provides formal science sees scholarly work passionate attack overall problematic book founded merchants doubt appearance scholarly work people lifetime contributed greatly american nation questioning integrity character questioning judgement authors professor history science studies harvard_university degrees geological science history science work came public attention publication scientific consensus climate change science wrote significant disagreement scientific community reality global warming human causes historian nasa
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