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02962aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 16658D7E72FC11EE80D9CCAA24ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231025010125 008 141209r20152014enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0099554852 020 $a 9780099554851 035 $a (OCoLC)908425301 040 $a StDuBDS $b eng $e rda $c CUD $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d HLQ $d J2H $d ATSHR $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d LVY $d SILO 082 04 $a 303.340904 $2 23 100 1 $a Brown, Archie, $d 1938- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79109779 245 14 $a The myth of the strong leader : $b political leadership in the modern age / $c Archie Brown. 264 1 $a London : $b Vintage Books, $c 2015. 300 $a 466 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2014. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Putting leaders in context -- Democratic leadership: myths, powers, styles -- Redefining leadership -- Transformational political leadership -- Revolutions and revolutionary leadership -- Totalitarian and authoritarian leadership -- Foreign policy illusions of 'strong leaders' -- What kind of leadership is desirable? 520 $a In this magisterial and wide-ranging survey of political leadership over the past hundred years, Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that strong leaders - those who dominate their colleagues and the policy-making process - are the most successful and admirable. Within authoritarian regimes, a more collective leadership is a lesser evil compared with personal dictatorship where cultivation of the myth of the strong leader is often a prelude to oppression and carnage. Within democracies, although 'strong leaders' are seldom as strong or independent as they purport to be, the idea that one person is entitled to take the big decisions is dangerous nonetheless, and the advantages of a collegial style of leadership are too often overlooked. In reality, only a minority of political leaders make a big difference, by challenging assumptions about the politically possible or setting in motion systemic change. Yet in a democracy that is rare. It is especially when enlightened leaders acquire power in an authoritarian system that the opportunity for radical transformation occurs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, Willy Brandt and Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair are among the leaders whom Brown examines in this original and illuminating study. 650 0 $a Political leadership $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political leadership $x History $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Political leadership. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069363 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025012952.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=16658D7E72FC11EE80D9CCAA24ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LVYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search