Bryan answers “Should I read Helter Skelter before...”

Joan Schleinkofer asked this question about Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties:

Should I read Helter Skelter before reading this one?

Bryan I read Chaos, then read Helter Skelter, The Family (pre-lawsuit edition and some of the later editions forewords and afterwards), the Jeff Guinn Manso…moreI read Chaos, then read Helter Skelter, The Family (pre-lawsuit edition and some of the later editions forewords and afterwards), the Jeff Guinn Manson biography, the Stephen Kinzer book about MKUltra (Poisoner in Chief) and then re-read Chaos. Got more out of it the second time around, with the additional background of all those other books and a greater familiarity with the events and people and a better picture of the received story O’Neill is criticizing.(less)

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