Larry Beinhart is an American writer known as the author of political and detective novels. His book "The Tail Wags the Dog" ("American Hero") was made into an Oscar-nominated film in 1997 by director Larry Levison, "Cheating." White House counselor Lee Atwater dies. But he does not think about death, but develops a cunning plan to win the election of President Bush Sr. And he should help in this... Hollywood. "Wagging the dog" (in the original "Wag the Dog") is the term of American political strategists, which means a way to hush up a scandal around a question by artificially creating a new problem, quite bright, discussed by everyone and capable of diverting the attention of the layman from the scandal. Unleashing fictitious military conflict, conspiracy theories, hired actors, the real story of Operation Desert Storm make this book an unrivaled masterpiece of political satire. And also the support of the media, on which the president's victory in the elections and the victory in the "war," which does not exist, depend.