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Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world : the psychology of political behavior / Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander George.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Post, Jerrold M.
- Series:
- Psychoanalysis and social theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political leadership--Psychological aspects.
- Political leadership.
- Politicians--Psychology.
- Politicians.
- Heads of state--Psychology--Case studies.
- Heads of state.
- Personality.
- Politics.
- Leadership.
- Psychoanalytic Theory.
- Heads of state--Psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Personality.
- Politics.
- Leadership.
- Psychoanalytic Theory.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Uses political psychology to explain the need for enemies and the rise of ethnic conflict and terrorism in the post--Cold War environment with an emphasis on leaders including Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, Fidel Castro, and Slobodan Milosevic.
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801441692
- OCLC:
- 53139496
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