Both Uses of
deception
in
The Lords of Discipline
- He could not have become a four-star general without mastering the governmental art of deception.†
Chpt 3.27 *deception = the act of lying to or misleading someone; or something that misleads
- I had created the beast out of my doubts and neuroses, had fattened him on my nightmare, had made him hideous with my self-loathing, had taught him my secrets of deception and manipulation, and hadnurtured him on my loneliness.†
Chpt 4.41