TY - BOOK AU - Alterman,Eric TI - When presidents lie: a history of official deception and its consequences SN - 0670032093 (alk. paper) AV - JK 468 A466w 2004 U1 - 327.73/009/045 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Political ethics KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - Deception KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-432) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004053580-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004053580-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004053580-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004053580-t.html ER -