The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in Politics

by Martin Jay

Book Overview

When Michael Dukakis accused George H. W. Bush of being the "Joe Isuzu of American Politics" during the 1988 presidential campaign, he asserted in a particularly American tenor the near-ancient idea... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813929725
• ISBN13: 9780813929729
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher