02603nam 2200589 a 450 991066271210332120200730031936.01-282-95318-497866129531870-19-979232-1(CKB)2670000000058192(EBL)602499(OCoLC)689996676(SSID)ssj0000444775(PQKBManifestationID)12155777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444775(PQKBWorkID)10480713(PQKB)11498763(MiAaPQ)EBC602499(EXLCZ)99267000000005819220100331d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy leaders lie[electronic resource] the truth about lying in international politics /John J. MearsheimerOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (155 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-997545-0 0-19-975873-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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,International relationsMoral and ethical aspectsTruthfulness and falsehoodPolitical aspectsPolitical ethicsElectronic books.International relationsMoral and ethical aspects.Truthfulness and falsehoodPolitical aspects.Political ethics.172.4172/.4Mearsheimer John J262582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910662712103321Why leaders lie2904395UNINA