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Why leaders lie : the truth about lying in international politics / John J. Mearsheimer
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Edited by Oxford University Press. Oxford, New York, Auckland [etc] - 2011
La 4e de couv. indique : "In Why Leaders Lie, Mearsheimer provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft, identifying the varieties, the reasons, and the potential costs and benefits. Drawing on a wealth of examples, he argues that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, and that a blanket condemnation is unrealistic and unwise. [...] There has never been a sharp analysis of international lying. Now a leading expert provides a richly informed and powerfully argued book [...]."