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9780801441691

Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World

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  • 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

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