Post, Jerrold M. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801441692 9780801441691 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003021237 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political leadership--Psychological aspects.<br/>Politicians--Psychology.<br/>Heads of state--Psychology--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC330.3  / .P68 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.01  / POS