An edition of In sickness and in power (2008)

In sickness and in power

illnesses in heads of government during the last 100 years

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In sickness and in power
Owen, David, Owen, David
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An edition of In sickness and in power (2008)

In sickness and in power

illnesses in heads of government during the last 100 years

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"The course of modern world history has been critically shaped by the physical and mental illnesses of heads of state, sometimes in the public eye, but usually in secrecy. Democratic politicians as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Pompidou, Mitterrand, Blair, George W. Bush, Chirac, and Sharon all lied about their health." "Owen argues that a medically definable condition called Hubris Syndrome affects some heads of government the longer they stay in office or after a specific triggering event such as 9/11. Lord Owen makes the cases that democratic societies need to implement new procedures for dealing with illness in their own heads of government, and that they need to empower the United Nations to use new procedures and means for removing despots whose behavior becomes so hubristic as to pose a grave threat to their own people or the world."--BOOK JACKET.

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Praeger Publishers, Praeger
Language
English
Pages
420

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Subjects

Health and hygiene, History, 21st Century, Heads of states, Political Systems, Famous Persons, Mental illness, Federal government, History, Mental Disorders, History, 20th Century, Heads of state, History, modern, 20th century, History, modern, 21st century

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20th century, 21st century
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In sickness and in power: illnesses in heads of government during the last 100 years
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Table of Contents

1901-1953
1953-2007
Prime Minister Eden's illness and Suez
President Kennedy's health
The Shah's secret illness
President Mitterrand's prostate cancer
Bush, Blair, and the war in Iraq
Safeguarding against illness in heads of government.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Westport, Conn
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Illnesses in heads of government during the last 100 years

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Dewey Decimal Class
616.89
Library of Congress
RC451.4.S64 .O94 2008, RC451.4.S64 O94 2008, RC451

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Pagination
p. ;
Number of pages
420

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OL18534494M
ISBN 13
9780313360053
LCCN
2008013655
OCLC/WorldCat
214300078
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5303633
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OL2632558W

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