Fake Warriors (Second Edition): Identifying, Exposing, and Punishing Those Who Falsify Their Military Service - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985243783 ISBN 13: 9780985243784

Synopsis

When the Library of Congress compiled oral histories for its Veterans History Project, 24 of the 49 individuals who identified themselves as Medal of Honor recipients had not actually received that award. (Justice Samuel Alito, United States v. Alvarez.) If Fake Warriors will lie to the Library of Congress, who wont they lie to The fact is they lie to everyone: wives, children, siblings, friends, relatives, colleagues, employers, employees, banks, governments, veterans, reporters, the VA even to themselves. We wrote the first edition of Fake Warriors nearly ten years ago. Since then, the Fake Warrior problem has become worse. The second edition of Fake Warriors contains substantial new material, including the decision in United States v. Alvarez and our Fake Warrior Act of 2012. Chapter 1 Why are there Fake Warriors answers the most frequently asked question about military imposters: Why do they lie Chapter 2 Who are the Fake Warriors lays bare the largely unknown fact that the Fake Warrior phenomenon is real, it is pernicious, it is widespread, and that impostors come from every imaginable strata of our contemporary society. Chapter 3 What harm do Fake Warriors cause shows that Fake Warrior imposture is not a minor social peccadillo, but victimizes vast numbers of Americans, and produces considerable harm. Chapter 4 How do Fake Warriors Get Away With It reveals the devices typically used by Fake Warriors and exposes the social and institutional enablers whose indifference, and sometimes connivance, makes it possible for the impostors to carry on masquerades that, too often, go unpunished. Chapter 5 How can Fake Warriors be Identified and Exposed demonstrates how to identify Fake Warriors, provides the major categories into which most Fake Warrior fabrications fall, and explains how one goes about exposing them

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0985243783
• ISBN 13: 9780985243784
• Binding: Paperback