Why Leaders Lie : The Truth about Lying in International Politics

John J. Mearsheimer
Bok · Engelsk · 2010 · Electronic books.

Utgitt	Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2010.
Omfang	1 online resource (155 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 What is Lying?; CHAPTER 2 The Inventory of International Lies; CHAPTER 3 Lying between States; CHAPTER 4 Fearmongering; CHAPTER 5 Strategic Cover-ups; CHAPTER 6 Nationalist Myths; CHAPTER 7 Liberal Lies; CHAPTER 8 The Downside of Telling International Lies; CHAPTER 9 Conclusion; Notes; Index. - 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,
Emner	International relations - Moral and ethical aspects Political ethics Truthfulness and falsehood - Political aspects Ethics Vis mer... International politics Moral aspects Law, Politics & Government internasjonale utenrikspolitiske relasjoner løgner politisk etikk usannheter
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	172.4 . - 172.4 MEA
ISBN	0199758735. - 9780199758739