8 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Tom O'Neill's 2019 investigation — claiming through 20 years of research that the official Manson murder narrative (Bugliosi's Helter Skelter) was a construction, and that evidence of CIA involvement and law enforcement complicity was suppressed.
Joel Glenn Brenner's 1999 investigative business history of the Mars and Hershey corporations — the only book written with any internal access to the famously secretive Mars organization.
David Sheff's 1993 investigative account of Nintendo's rise to US market dominance — covering the ruthless third-party licensing terms, the retailer strong-arming, and the internal dynamics of one of Japan's most secretive companies.
British investigative journalist and author of Hired — in which he spent six months working in Amazon warehouses, Uber driving, care homes, and call centres to document the reality of low-wage work in Britain.
American left-wing magazine published from 1962 to 1975 that was the most widely read radical political publication in the US, first publishing Che Guevara's diaries and helping bring the Black Panther Party to national prominence.
American researcher who spent four decades documenting testimony from US military veterans who witnessed UFO activity at nuclear weapons facilities — compiling the most comprehensive body of nuclear-site UAP testimony.
Frederick Allen's 1993 investigative history of the Coca-Cola company, covering its founding through the New Coke debacle with detailed reporting on the company's competitive practices, advertising, and corporate politics.
Julie Strasser and Laurie Becklund's 1993 account of Nike's founding and early years from the perspective of Rob Strasser — offering a less flattering view of Phil Knight than Shoe Dog and centering the Jordan deal from inside the marketing department.