Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America

In this intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) account, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the practice of cheating and its impact upon our national sense of ethics. From marital infidelity to financial fraud; rigged sports competitions to corruption in politics and the American education system; nuclear weaponry to beauty pageants; hospitals, TV gameshows, and charities; nothing and no one is exempt. And what's worse, is that cheaters are rewarded for their behavior more often than they are punished for it. The implications of this trend for our national politics and our national consciousness are still playing out, and Fenster's account feels contemporary and au courant. Part history of an American tradition, part dissection of an ongoing national crisis, Cheaters Always Win is irresistible reading—a smart, sardonic, and scintillating look into the practice that made America what it is today.

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