Bibliograph

You said what?, lies and propaganda throughout history, edited by Bill Fawcett

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You said what?, lies and propaganda throughout history, edited by Bill Fawcett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You said what?

Oclc number

148887782

Responsibility statement

edited by Bill Fawcett

Sub title

lies and propaganda throughout history

Summary

Takes a humorous look at some of history's deceptions and propaganda, including the effort to hide FDR's disability, the achievements of Dave Crockett, and the political spins that promoted modern military conflictsA fascinating, fun, and fact-filled compendium of the greatest lies, deceptions, propaganda, and frauds ever perpetrated. -, rovided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Politics. Watergate : the great American scandal ; Stalin's big lies ; McKinley's missionary position ; The midnight ride of Paul Revere : silversmith or poster child for Civil War draft ; J. Edgar Hoover's not-so-red menace ; The soviets blink ; Daley countryThe first casualty of war is truth. James K. Polk's fabrication to Congress ; How the Roman Empire lost its Gallic Wars but Julius Caesar became emperor ; Radio raiders of the Polish frontier ; Murder most foul ; Listening in ; The yellow peril that wasn't ; The magical lies of Quicksilver ; And U-2 ; How not to sell a war ; Incident in Tonkin Gulf : the dishonest truth ; Sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem ; King Hussein's trust issuesHistory books lie too. Cleopatra : looks were not deceiving ; Death on the Nile ; Christmas in May ; Witches, devils, and Puritans in Massachusetts ; So humble in Green County, Tennessee, 1834 ; J'accuse ; Seventy-nine bridges ; Village of the damned ; World War II's master of lies ; Arms for hostagesBut it was in a book. This is a true story ... not ; The author of this book is ; The Janet Cooke Pulitzer fiasco ; Mark Hoffman's forgeries and murders ; The New York Times's Khmer Rouge story ; The New York Sun's six-part story on life on the moonTrust me, I can cure you. The royal touch that healed ; Grover Cleveland's secret dental surgery ; Dr. Albert Abrams and the ERA ; The high-voltage cure-all ; Bad blood ; FDR's legs ; Smoking is good for you ; A-OK JFK : the Presidential Campaign trail, 1960 ; Killing by bureaucracyWhat lies ahead. We are here to save the Holy Land, making a profit is just incidental -- The fake of a fake ; Tower of London : not really where you get a head ; Are my arms tired ; No speak English ; Eric Clapton's undying but temporary passion for Patti Boyd-Harrison ; Vincent "the Chin" Gigante ; Epilogue : color him red-faced

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