<blockquote> <p> A fascinating, fun, and fact-filled compendium of the greatest lies, deceptions, propaganda, and frauds ever perpetrated </p> </blockquote> <p> 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. <i>You Said What?</i> 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. </p> <ul> <p> <li>The press conspiracies that protected FDR's legs, as well as JFK's sex addiction and failing health</li> </p> <p> <li>Lies that caused the Knights Templar fall, the Salem witch trials, and the Black Death</li> </p> <p> <li>Big lies that changed history: Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, the Cuban missile crisis, the ?Polish? raid that kicked off WWII . . . and remember the Maine?</li> </p> <p> <li>The self-made, self-serving myths we still believe today of Davy Crockett, Lawrence of Arabia, and Napoleon</li> </p> <p> <li>Plus our own personal pick for History's #1 Biggest Liar . . . and much more!</li> </p> </ul> <p> The <i>lies</i> will out! <i>You Said What?</i> is an indispensable treasure trove of true falsehoods, and an irreverent introduction to the world's greatest lies and the liars who told them. </p>