Lying in State : Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse

Name: Lying in State
Brand: Basic Books
SKU: 9781541616820
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ISBN: 9781541616820

by Eric Alterman

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1541616820

ISBN-13 9781541616820

Publisher Basic Books

Imprint Basic Books

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 13th, 2020

Print length 416 Pages

Weight 646 grams

Dimensions 16.40 x 24.20 x 3.90 cms

Product Classification: History of the Americas Political science & theory Political science and theory History of the Americas

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The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and what makes Trump's lies especially dangerous

This definitive history of presidential lying reveals 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.

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