A történet 1956 februárjában indul, amikor a hruscsovi desztalinizációs folyamat eléri Dolgov városát, s a vezér előbb jelképesen, majd fizikailag is letaszíttatik arról a piedesztálról, melyre a nép szeretete, de leginkább Aglája Sztyepanovna Revkina állhatatos igyekezete folytán került. A szerző -
You said what?: lies and propaganda throughout history
✍ Scribed by Bill Fawcett
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 006175790X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
A fascinating, fun, and fact-filled compendium of the greatest lies, deceptions, propaganda, and frauds ever perpetrated
Throughout history--from the dawn of man to the War on Terror--governments, corporations, historians, and high-level braggarts of every stripe have freely engaged in the time-honored pastime of lying for fun and profit. You Said What? is an endlessly entertaining and outrageously edifying look at some of the biggest whoppers of all time, chock-full of deceptions, trickery, and incredible untruths both infamous and obscure.
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The press conspiracies that protected FDR's legs, as well as JFK's sex addiction and failing health
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Lies that caused the Knights Templar fall, the Salem witch trials, and the Black Death
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Big lies that changed history: Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, the Cuban missile crisis, the "Polish" raid that kicked off WWII . . . and remember...
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