When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences Paperback - 2005
by Eric Alterman
At a time when most Americans assume that their presidents lie to them, no book could be more essential than bestselling author Eric Alterman's devastating analysis of the costs of executive duplicity. One of the best-known left-of-center journalist-historians in America, Alterman argues that those costs are not merely moral but practical. As examples, he uses four key lies told by presidents in the postwar era. From FDR at Yalta to LBJ in Vietnam, and from JFK in Cuba to Ronald Reagan in Central America, Alterman shows how attempts to mislead the American people ended up haunting their authors and dooming the very policies they were meant to advance. Closing with an examination of the Bush deceptions in Iraq, When Presidents Lie is history at its most compelling.
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During the final days of the Clinton presidency, Tracfone, a prepaid cellular phone service, began running a TV ad with some familiar footage of recent American presidents.
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- Title When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences
- Author Eric Alterman
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 447
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date October 25, 2005
- ISBN 9780143036043 / 0143036041
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.56 x 1.01 in (21.39 x 14.12 x 2.57 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Deception, Presidents - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 327.730
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