Why Leaders Lie Mearsheimer John J.
Why Leaders Lie Mearsheimer John J. For more than two decades, John J. Clear and incisive, a fearlessly honest analyst, his coauthored 2007 New York Times bestseller, The Israel Lobby and U.S.…
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Why Leaders Lie Mearsheimer John J.
For more than two decades, John J. Clear and incisive, a fearlessly honest analyst, his coauthored 2007 New York Times bestseller, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Mearsheimer has been regarded as one of the foremost realist thinkers on foreign 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, the reasons, and the potential costs and benefits. Foreign Policy, aroused a firestorm with its unflinching look at the making of America's Middle East policy. Drawing on a trove of examples, he argues that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, so a blanket condemnation is unrealistic and unwise.
Yet there are other kinds of deception besides lying, including concealment and