Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse /
Alterman, Eric,
Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse / Eric Alterman. - First edition. - xii, 402 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."--
9781541616820 1541616820
2020008737
GBC060906 bnb
019799787 Uk
Presidents--History.--United States
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects--History.--United States
Political ethics--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
Lying in state : why presidents lie -- and why Trump is worse / Eric Alterman. - First edition. - xii, 402 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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."--
9781541616820 1541616820
2020008737
GBC060906 bnb
019799787 Uk
Presidents--History.--United States
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects--History.--United States
Political ethics--United States.
United States--Politics and government.