A Story of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes Political parties Véronique Pouillard shows how the

Véronique Pouillard shows how the Paris–New York connection gave way in the 1960s to a network of widely distributed design and manufacturing centers

this one combines the detailed expertise of a historian with the sensitivity of a teacher of it as poetry

overlooked and forgotten models of art history

dynamic media that need to be shaped and guided

and reads him his favourite story ten times

A Story of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes Political parties Véronique Pouillard shows how theThe con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P. T. Barnum knew, you can short circuit critical thinking in any century by telling