Alterman, Eric. <br/><br/>
When presidents lie :  a history of official deception and its consequences / 
Eric Alterman. 
 - New York :  Viking,  c2004. 
 - ix, 447 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-432) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0670032093 (alk. paper) 9780670032099 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004053580 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political ethics--United States.<br/>Presidents--United States.<br/>Deception.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK 468  / A466w 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73/009/045