{"product_id":"cheating-and-deception-9780887388682","title":"Cheating and Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheating and deception are terms often used but rarely defined. They summon up unpleasant connotations; even those deeply involved with cheating and deception rationalize why they have been driven to it. Particularly for Americans and much of Western civilization  official cheating  government duplicity  cheating as policy  and conscious  contrived deception  are all unacceptable except as a last resort in response to threat of extinction. As a distasteful tool  deception is rarely used to achieve national interests  unless in relation to the deployment of military force. As an area of study  it has by and large been ignored.Intrigued by attitudes toward cheating and deception  the authors decided to analyze its roots  structure  and process. They asked fundamental questions: are there categories of deception  general steps in the process of deception  and ways to evaluate its results across time and in different modes? The book that results is a typology of kinds of deception  beginning with military deception  but extending into other categories and stages.In his introduction to this new edition  Bell outlines how the book came to be written  describes the mixed emotions toward the subject displayed by govenmental and nongovernmental funding sources  and speculates about its critical and commercial reception. He discusses widespread new interest in the subject  the research that has been undertaken since this book was first published  and its limitations.This book provides a general overview of this complex subject  creating a framework for analysis of specific instances of cheating or deception. It will be of particular interest to political scientists  those interested in military affairs and strategy  and psychologists. The general reader will find the book written with a light touch  drawing examples of cheating and deception in the pursuit of love and money. The specialist reader will be intrigued by its broad-ranging examples drawn from policy and politics  wars and rumors of wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666356953141,"sku":"ByrdShop_088738868X","price":73.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780887388682.jpg?v=1782429519","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cheating-and-deception-9780887388682","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}