Mystery AtlasPeter Dale Scott
Canadian-American academic and former diplomat whose 1993 book on the Kennedy assassination popularised 'deep politics' and helped introduce the English-language academic use of 'deep state' to describe persistent parapolitical structures.
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Events
Peter Dale Scott investigated Assassination of John F. Kennedy — Scott's parapolitical analysis of the assassination was the vehicle for his 'deep politics' framework.
Concepts & Beliefs
Peter Dale Scott influenced Deep State — Scott's 1993 book Deep Politics and the Death of JFK introduced the English-language academic use of the term.
Explored on these pages
What Is the Deep State?
What the deep state is: the academic term for persistent state bureaucracies, and the separate populist claim of a secret cabal controlling government.
Who Killed JFK? The Evidence, the Theories and the Open Questions
Who killed JFK: what the Warren Commission and HSCA found, the main conspiracy theories, and where the evidence stands after the document releases.