When presidents lie : a history of official deception and its consequences / Eric Alterman.

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Alterman, Eric

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TextPublication details: New York : Viking, c2004.Description: ix, 447 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0670032093 (alk. paper)
9780670032099 (alk. paper)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: When presidents lie.DDC classification:

327.73/009/045

LOC classification:

JK 468 A466w 2004

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Contents:

On lies, personal and presidential -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and the Yalta conference -- John F. Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin incidents -- Ronald W. Reagan, Central America, and the Iran-Contra scandal -- George W. Bush and the post-truth presidency.

Summary: This is a "historical examination of four specific post-World War II presidential lies whose consequences were greater than could ever have been predicted"--from publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JK 468 A466w 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available	00000074441

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-432) and index.

This is a "historical examination of four specific post-World War II presidential lies whose consequences were greater than could ever have been predicted"--from publisher description.

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