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The psychology of power : temptation at the top
- Title
- The psychology of power : temptation at the top / Jaap van Ginneken.
- Author
- Ginneken, Jaap van, 1943-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 16-2547 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- v, 205 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book tests the disquieting hypothesis that our most powerful leaders acquire strange quirks, making them take unnecessary risks. The author scrutinizes some of the best-known top politicians of the largest western or G6 nations over the last half century, when they approached or reached the highest executive office, such as Berlusconi, Bush, Clinton, Kennedy, Reagan, Thatcher and others. All gave in to a slightly amended version of the seven temptations or mortal sins: Lust or sexual obsession, Gluttony or substance abuse, Greed or hidden corruption, Wrath or power abuse, Denial of mortal illness, Folly or mental disease, or Pride and over-confidence. Well documented with references to primary sources in four different languages, this study examines the psychological forces tugging at the top level of political leadership"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Bathsheba Syndrome : Introduction -- Lust or Sexual Obsession -- Glutonny or Substance Abuse -- Greed or Hidden Corruption -- Wrath or Power Abuse -- Folly or Mental Disease -- Denial of Mortal Illness -- Pride or Over-confidence -- Conclusion -- Gender, Hormones and Risk : conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-2547
- ISBN
- 9781137454027
- 1137454024
- LCCN
- 2014021101
- 40024483643
- OCLC
- 881656109
- Author
- Ginneken, Jaap van, 1943-
- Title
- The psychology of power : temptation at the top / Jaap van Ginneken.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024483643
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-2547