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Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse / Eric Alterman.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541616820
- ISBN: 1541616820
- Physical Description: xii, 402 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Presidents > United States > History. Truthfulness and falsehood > Political aspects > United States > History. United States > Politics and government. Political ethics > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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