Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World

by Post, Jerrold M.; George, Alexander L.

• ISBN13: 9780801441691
• ISBN10: 0801441692
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-11
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
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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 II, Fidel Castro, and Slobodan Milosevic.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alexander L. George	ix
Preface	xv
1. 9/11: The Explosive Force of Personality and Political Behavior	1	(10)
2. When Personality Affects Political Behavior	11	(39)
3. The Psychopolitics of Illness in High Office	50	(18)
4. Terminal Leadership: Effects of Mortal Illness on Political Behavior	68	(32)
5. The Impact of Crisis-Induced Stress on Policy Makers	100	(23)
6. The Mind of the Terrorist	123	(39)
7. The Loss of Enemies: Fragmenting Identities and Ethnic/Nationalist Hatred in Eastern Europe	162	(10)
8. Hate-Mongering Leaders in the Former Yugoslavia: Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic	172	(15)
9. Narcissism and the Charismatic Leader-Follower Relationship	187	(13)
10. Fidel Castro: Aging Revolutionary Leader of an Aging Revolution	200	(10)
11. Saddam Hussein: "Saddam Is Iraq, Iraq Is Saddam"	210	(29)
12. Kim Jong Il of North Korea: In the Shadow of His Father	239	(20)
13. Concluding Observations	259	(6)
Appendix: The Role of Political Personality Profiles in the Camp David Summit	265	(8)
Notes	273	(8)
References	281	(12)
Index	293