Posts tagged with: Blair
The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World. (2010)
"Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister, The New Machiavelli is designed to be The Prince for modern times. Published by...
Hubris syndrome: an acquired personality disorder? A study of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers over the last 100 years. (May 2009)
"Qualities often associated with successful leadership can also be marked by impetuosity, a refusal to listen to or take advice and a particular form of incompetence when impulsivity, recklessness and frequent...
In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 Years. (2008)
"A unique study of illness in heads of government between 1901 and 2007, and how it affects the process of government and decision-making, leading to acts of folly, in the sense of...
Personality and foreign policy: Tony Blair’s Iraq decisions. (2006)
"..from his responses to foreign policy questions in the House of Commons the author finds Blair has a high belief in his ability to control events, a low conceptual complexity, and...