John Mearsheimer is one of the best-known and most important American authors on international affairs. This little book, however, is not likely to carry the same authority as some of his major works, nor to stir as much controversy as some others. Certainly, the fact that all governments lie some of the time, and that some governments lie all of the time, is common knowledge. The book includes no sensational revelations: it recounts a number of well-known instances, from Otto von Bismarck to the George W. Bush administration, going, as could be expected, into particularly precise detail concerning the tatter's lies about Saddam Hussein's links with al-Qaeda and his possession of weapons of mass destruction. Yet the tone and purpose of the work are not particularly polemical.
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