Why leaders lie : the truth about lying in international politics / John J. Mearsheimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mearsheimer, John J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Political ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than two decades, John J. Mearsheimer has been regarded as one of the foremost realist thinkers on foreign policy. Clear and incisive as well as a fearlessly honest analyst, his coauthored 2007 New York Times bestseller, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, aroused a firestorm with its unflinching look at the making of America's Middle East policy. Now he takes a look at another controversial but understudied aspect of international relations: lying. In Why Leaders Lie, Mearsheimer provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft, identifying the varieties,

Contents:

What is lying?

The inventory of international lies

Lying between states

Fear-mongering

Strategic cover-ups

Nationalist myths

Liberal lies

The downside of telling international lies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95318-4

9786612953187

0-19-979232-1

OCLC:

689996676