Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world : the psychology of political behavior / Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander L. George.

By:

Post, Jerrold M

Contributor(s):

George, Alexander L

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Psychoanalysis and social theoryPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.Description: xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; cmISBN:

0801441692 (cloth : alk. paper)

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LOC classification:

JC330.3 .P68 2004

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Table of contents

Contents:

9/11, the explosive force of personality and political behavior -- When personality affects political behavior -- The psychopolitics of illness in high office -- Terminal leadership, effects of mortal illness on political behavior -- The impact of crisis-induced stress on policy makers -- The mind of the terrorist -- The loss of enemies: fragmenting identities and ethnic/nationalist hatred in Eastern Europe -- Hate-mongering leaders in the former Yugoslavia: Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic -- Narcissism and the charismatic leader-follower relationship -- Fidel Castro, aging revolutionary leader of an aging revolution -- Saddam Hussein, "Saddam is Iraq, Iraq is Saddam" -- Kim Jong II of North Korea, in the shadow of his father -- Concluding observations.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
General circulation books	Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	JC330.3 .P68 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	2014-3642

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.

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