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Author:

Strong, Carol R.

Title:

The role of charismatic leadership in ending the Cold War : the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin, V©Łclav Havel, and Helmut Kohl / Carol R. Strong ; with a foreword by Leslie Holmes.

Publisher:

Edwin Mellen Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

ix, 574 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich,--1931-2007,
Havel, V©Łclav
Kohl, Helmut,--1930-
Presidents--History--20th century.
Cold War
World politics--1945-1989.
Political leadership--Case studies.
Charisma (Personality trait)--Political aspects--Case studies.
Social change--Case studies.--Case studies.
Weber, Max,--1864-1920--Political and social views.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Legitimate authority in contemporary politics -- The various faces of charisma in politics -- The interrelated aspects of charismatic authority -- Boris Yeltsin : the heroic charismatic -- V©Łclav Havel : the reluctant charismatic -- Helmut Kohl : the contested (constituted) charismatic -- Conclusion: The charismatics compared.

ISBN:

0773447113
9780773447110

OCLC:

(OCoLC)422690226

LCCN:

2009030773

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)