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Title:

Personality, political leadership, and decision making : a global perspective / Jean Krasno and Sean LaPides, editors.

Publisher:

Praegeran Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

v, 441 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Personality and politics--Case studies.
Political leadership--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
Decision making--Psychological aspects--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Krasno, Jean E., 1943- editor.
LaPides, Sean, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Laying Out the Conceptual Framework / Jean Krasno -- Colonel Gaddafi : The Political Psychology of a Mad Dog? / Peter Marcus Kristensen and Salem B.S. Dandan -- Saddam Hussein : Violence and Terror, Charlotte Scaddan / Marcin Szudek and Jean Krasno -- Fidel Castro : Philosopher-Despot / Sean LaPides -- Gamal Abdel Nasser : Legacy in the Arab World / Jean Krasno and Emad Baniyounes -- Hugo Chavez : A Quintessential Political Personality / James Suggett -- The Emperor Hirohito : the Decision to Attack Pearl Harbor / Shun Sakugawa -- Henry Stimson and His Influence on Harry Truman : A Victorian Conservative in the Atomic Court / Monika Adamczyk -- Margaret Thatcher : the 1982 Falklands War / Helen Baxendale -- Golda Meir : Prime Minister of Israel 1969-1974 / Robert Lattin -- Silvio Berlusconi : "I am the Jesus Christ of politics" /John Tumminia -- Eva Peron : Spiritual Leader of the Nation / Evette Rivera and Jean Krasno -- Angela Merkel : The Outsider Who Became Chancellor / Sean LaPides -- Benazir Bhutto : Personality, Beliefs, and the Empowerment of Women / Nicole DiMarco -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : Personal Experience and the Promotion of Women / Nicole DiMarco -- Mikhail Gorbachev : End of the Cold War / Natasha Zemtsova Miller -- William Jefferson Clinton : Promise, Persistence, and the Will to Be Adored / Jean Krasno -- V©Łclav Havel : the Most Deserving Political Leader to Have Never Won a Nobel Peace Prize / Jakub Walko -- Kofi Annan : From Ghana to the World Stage / Jean Krasno -- Nelson Mandela : a Leader with No Followers Is Just Someone Taking a Walk / Chris Hammond -- Devils to Angels : Addressing the Cases along a Continuum / Jean Krasno.

ISBN:

1440839107
9781440839108

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900016722

LCCN:

2015009800

Locations:

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