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UNINA9910662712103321 |
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Autore |
Mearsheimer John J |
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Titolo |
Why leaders lie [[electronic resource] ] : the truth about lying in international politics / / John J. Mearsheimer |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-95318-4 |
9786612953187 |
0-19-979232-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (155 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations - Moral and ethical aspects |
Truthfulness and falsehood - Political aspects |
Political ethics |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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