TY - BOOK AU - Post,Jerrold M. AU - George,Alexander L. TI - Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world: the psychology of political behavior SN - 0801441692 AV - JC330.3 .P68 2004 U1 - 320.01 23 PY - 2004/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Political leadership KW - Psychological aspects KW - Politicians KW - Psychology KW - Heads of state KW - Case studies KW - lcgft N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003021237.html ER -