The illness or disability of a world leader can change the course of history. When Lenin became too infirm to remove Stalin from a position of power, when the shah of Iran's terminal cancer was kept secret from fellow Iranians and foreign supporters until Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution had succeeded, the political consequences were monumental. In this absorbing book, two experts in political psychology reveal how the infirmities of leaders have affected their own societies and the broader course of world events. Drawing on a wide range of examples, including Mad King Ludwig of...
The illness or disability of a world leader can change the course of history. When Lenin became too infirm to remove Stalin from a position of power, ...
In an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders such as Hussein, Bush, Blair, and bin Laden. Through exacting case studies and the careful sifting of evidence, Jerrold Post and his team of contributors lay out an effective system of at-a-distance evaluation. Observations from political psychology, psycholinguistics and a range of other disciplines join forces to produce comprehensive political and psychological profiles, and a deeper understanding of the volatile influences of personality on global...
In an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders such as Hu...
"Post is a pioneer in the field of political-personality profiling. He may be the only psychiatrist who has specialized in the self-esteem problems of both Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein." The New Yorker "Policy specialists and academic scholars have long agreed that for U.S. leaders to deal effectively with other actors in the international arena, they need images of their adversaries. Leaders must try to see events, and, indeed, their own behavior, from the perspective of opponents. . . . Faulty images are a source of misperceptions and miscalculations that have often led to major...
"Post is a pioneer in the field of political-personality profiling. He may be the only psychiatrist who has specialized in the self-esteem problems of...
North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of North Korea's strength and resiliency, as well as of its flaws and shortcomings, lies in the poorly understood origins of its system of government. He examines the genesis of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) both as an important yet rarely studied example of a communist state and as part of modern Korean history.
North Korea is one of the last redoubts of "unreformed"...
North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. C...
Barry R. Schneider Jerrold M. Post Michael T. Kindt
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toMexican drug cartels and includesa chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security."
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toM...
In this age of narcissism, the proliferation of politicians with significant narcissistic personality features is dramatic. Driven by dreams of glory, they seem to find the spotlight that the arena of politics provides irresistible. This book analyzes narcissism and politics and systematically explores the psychology of narcissism - the entitlement, the grandiosity and arrogance overlying insecurity, the sensitivity to criticism, and the hunger for acclaim - illustrating different narcissistic personality features through a spectrum of international and national politicians. It addresses the...
In this age of narcissism, the proliferation of politicians with significant narcissistic personality features is dramatic. Driven by dreams of glory,...
Barry R. Schneider Jerrold M. Post Michael T. Kindt
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toMexican drug cartels and includesa chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security."
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toM...
