Larry Beinhart's American Hero has been an unsurpassed masterpiece of political satire for more than a decade. Written during the administration of George H. W. Bush, it reveals the hidden dynamics of American election campaigns. White House advisers are developing a cunning plan to save the reputation of the president involved in a sex scandal. With the help of a hired actor, a “canard” is launched in the media about the outbreak of a military conflict, in which the president is assigned the role of a peacemaker. And the world would never have known the truth if not for the efforts of a handful of people... The Clinton scandal, the bombing of Yugoslavia, Iraq... It seems that America has not changed at all since this sensational novel was written.L. Beinhart managed to combine the incompatible - reality and myth, Hollywood and the Bush administration, creating a sometimes absurd, sometimes paranoid political satire with elements of detective and piquant comedy. In 1997, director Barry Levinson based the book on the stunning film “The Tail Wags the Dog.”