We are plagued by leaders who mislead and repress ? it is more important than ever to stand up to them.
'Quite astonishingly on point... riveting.' James O'Brien
The Covid-19 catastrophe has exposed the fabulists who rule throughout the world, in dictatorships, democracies and hybrids of the two. The misinformation they spread and the fake policy solutions they tout have become their own pandemic.
Here, Michael Peel vividly recounts ferocious international battles over truth and the right to tell it. From Britain's struggle with itself over Brexit to Syria's civil war, he reveals the trademark deceptions and the powerful interests that profit from them in the defining fight of an era.
Autorentext
Michael Peel is the Financial Times' European diplomatic correspondent, based in Brussels. An award-winning journalist, he has previously reported for the FT from South East Asia, the Middle East and west Africa. He is the author of A Swamp Full of Dollars, which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and nominated for the Orwell Prize.
Klappentext
We are plagued by leaders who mislead and repress - it is more important than ever to stand up to them.
The Covid-19 catastrophe has exposed the fabulists who rule throughout the world, in dictatorships, democracies and hybrids of the two. The misinformation they spread and the fake policy solutions they tout have become their own pandemic.
Here, Michael Peel vividly recounts ferocious international battles over truth and the right to tell it. From Britain's struggle with itself over Brexit to Syria's civil war, he reveals the trademark deceptions and the powerful interests that profit from them in the defining fight of an era.
Zusammenfassung
We are plagued by leaders who mislead and repress it is more important than ever to stand up to them. The Covid-19 catastrophe has exposed the fabulists who rule throughout the world, in dictatorships, democracies and hybrids of the two. The misinformation they spread and the fake policy solutions they tout have become their own pandemic. Here, Michael Peel vividly recounts ferocious international battles over truth and the right to tell it. From Britain's struggle with itself over Brexit to Syria's civil war, he reveals the trademark deceptions and the powerful interests that profit from them in the defining fight of an era.