《当总统撒谎》内容简介

　　《当总统撒谎：官方欺骗及其后果的历史》基于大量原始资料详细研究了四位重要总统所说的谎言：富兰克林·罗斯福与雅尔塔协定、约翰·肯尼迪与古巴导弹危机、林登·约翰逊与第二次北部湾事件、罗纳德·里根与1980年代的中美洲。阿尔特曼从实用性的角度来探讨政府谎言，通过研究同期政府文件和媒体报道，展示了官方谎言如何反过来困扰说谎者本身及其继任者，又如何最终破坏他们最初通过说谎来支持的政策。

　　作者简介

　　埃里克·阿尔特曼（EricAlterman）

　　生于1960年，是一位美国历史学家、记者、作家、媒体评论家、博客作者和教育家。他是纽约市立大学布鲁克林学院英语和新闻学特聘教授，曾任《国家》杂志“自由媒体”专栏作家，曾在纽约大学和哥伦比亚大学教授新闻学。已出版11本书，曾获乔治·奥威尔奖、斯蒂芬·克兰文学奖等奖项。

A brief introduction to Lying as President

Based on extensive source material, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Aftermath examines in detail the lies told by four major presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Yalta Agreement, John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Lyndon Johnson and the Second Gulf of Tonki Incident, and Ronald Reagan and Central America in the 1980s. Altman explores government lies from a practical perspective, examining contemporaneous government documents and media reports to show how official lies come back to haunt the liars themselves and their successors, and ultimately undermine the very policies they lied to support in the first place.

About the author

EricAlterman

Born in 1960, he is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator. He is distinguished Professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, a former "Free Press" columnist for The Nation magazine, and has taught journalism at New York University and Columbia University. He has published 11 books and won the George Orwell Prize, the Stephen Crane Prize and other awards.