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United Nations (UN)

 

United States

 

false historical narratives and

 

foreign policy in

 

safety approach of

 

war and

 

UNSCOM

 

USAID

 

 

Vatican II

 

Vietnam War

 

Virginia, University of

 

Viruses

 

 

War

 

bombing and

 

control and

 

creating and walling off information and

 

denial and

 

derogation of others and

 

evolution of

 

false historical narratives and

 

faulty decisions in

 

“home field” advantage and

 

Iraq war (2003) and

 

language and

 

modern

 

moral superiority and

 

natural selection and

 

overconfidence and

 

power and

 

primitive

 

rationalization and

 

religion and

 

risk taking and

 

sex differences and

 

small

 

truth and

 

Washington, George

 

Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

 

West Africa

 

West Bank

 

Wetherbee, James

 

White lies

 

WMDs.
See
Weapons of mass destruction

 

Wolf Man

 

Wolfowitz, Paul

 

Women

 

deception, detection of and

 

infidelity and

 

monthly cycle of

 

overconfidence and

 

religion and

 

sexual abuse of

 

sexual interest of

 

sexuality of

 

war and

 

Woods, Elin

 

Woods, Tiger

 

World Bank

 

World War I

 

World War II

 

 

Zionism, Zionists
See also
Christian Zionism

 

Copyright © 2011 by Robert Trivers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trivers, Robert.

The folly of fools : the logic of deceit and self-deception in human life / Robert Trivers. p. cm.

eISBN : 978-0-465-02805-4

(e-book) 1. Self-deception. 2. Deception—Psychological aspects. 3. Deception—Social aspects. I. Title.

BF697.5.S426T76 2011
153.4—dc23

 

2011028453

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