Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world : the psychology of political behavior /
Post, Jerrold M.
Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world : the psychology of political behavior / Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander L. George. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2004. - xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; cm. - Psychoanalysis and social theory .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.
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.
0801441692 9780801441691
2003021237
Political leadership--Psychological aspects.
Politicians--Psychology.
Heads of state--Psychology--Case studies.
Case studies.
JC330.3 / .P68 2004
320.01 / POS
Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world : the psychology of political behavior / Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander L. George. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2004. - xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; cm. - Psychoanalysis and social theory .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.
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.
0801441692 9780801441691
2003021237
Political leadership--Psychological aspects.
Politicians--Psychology.
Heads of state--Psychology--Case studies.
Case studies.
JC330.3 / .P68 2004
320.01 / POS