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Tangled webs : how false statements are undermining America : from Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff / James B. Stewart.

Title
Tangled webs : how false statements are undermining America : from Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff / James B. Stewart.
Author
Stewart, James B.
Publication
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

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xviii, 473 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
America faces a crisis--an epidemic of perjury and false statements occurring at the highest levels of business, politics, sports, and culture. How and why has this happened? What are the consequences? What can be done? Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James B. Stewart applies his investigative reporting and storytelling skills to four dramatic cases, all involving people at the top of their fields: Martha Stewart, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Barry Bonds, and perhaps the most notorious liar in financial history, Bernard Madoff. Stewart draws on extensive interviews with participants, many speaking here for the first time, and previously undisclosed documents and transcripts to show how such celebrated and successful role models found themselves accused of lying--with devastating consequences, not just for them but for an ever-widening circle that ultimately includes everyone who cares about the truth.--From publisher description.
Subject
  • False testimony > United States
  • Perjury > United States
  • Truthfulness and falsehood > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • pt. 1. Martha Stewart -- "Can I go now?" -- "Everyone is telling the same story" -- "A conspiracy of dunces."
  • pt. 2. I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby -- "This is hush-hush" -- "All the reporters know it" -- "Double super secret background" -- "A cloud over the White House."
  • pt. 3. Barry Lamar Bonds -- "I'm keeping my money" -- "Everybody is doing it" -- "You're a snitch."
  • pt. 4. Bernard L. Madoff -- "Keep your eyes on the prize" -- "Some people feel the market."
ISBN
  • 9781594202698 (hardback)
  • 1594202699 (hardback)
LCCN
^^2010049339
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library