Lying in state : why presidents lie - and why Trump is worse / Eric Alterman.

New York, NY : Basic Books, 2020.©2020

Alterman, Eric. author.

01-01-2020

xii, 402 pages ; 25 cm

text

volume

177.3 ALT (Copy 1) GFL-MONO 321050 INLIBRARY

United States

Head of State

Lying

Political ethics

Overseas item

Presidents -- United States -- History.

Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.

Political ethics -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781541616820

"The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded-and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous. If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do so. In Lying in State, Eric Alterman asks how we ended up with such a pathologically dishonest commander in chief, showing that, from early on, the United States has persistently expanded its power and hegemony on the basis of presidential lies. He also reveals the cumulative effect of this deception-each lie a president tells makes it more acceptable for subsequent presidents to lie-and the media's complicity in spreading misinformation. Donald Trump, then, represents not an aberration but the culmination of an age-old trend. Full of vivid historical examples and trenchant analysis, Lying in State is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we arrived in this age of alternative facts."

Machine generated contents note: 1."The Serpent's Eye That Charms but to Destroy" -- 2."Yankeedoodledum" -- 3.Franklin D. Roosevelt: The "Juggler" -- 4.Harry Truman Fights a "New Fanatic Faith" -- 5.Dwight Eisenhower's "Legacy of Ashes" -- 6.John F. Kennedy and the "Right" to Lie -- 7.Lyndon Johnson's "Credibility Gap" -- 8.Richard Nixon: "It's a Win. See?" -- 9.Gerald Ford: A Time for More Lying -- 10.Jimmy Carter "Will Never Lie to You" -- 11.Ronald Reagan: America's "Magic Totem" -- 12.George H.W. Bush: Don't Read His Lips -- 13.Bill Clinton: Defiling the Temple of Justice -- 14.George W. Bush: "We're History's Actors" -- 15.Barack Obama vs. the "Propaganda Feedback Loop" -- 16.Donald Trump's License to Lie -- 17."What You're Seeing and What You're Reading Is Not What's Happening".

1261422

321050

Library Catalogue