Posts tagged with: Presidents and Prime Ministers
Revision benefits from Bush/Blair memoirs, (2012)
David Owen’s original 'The Hubris Syndrome' proved a lightning rod for debate on the issue in 2007. A revised edition has just been released that benefits from published memoirs of...
Gordon Brown now suffers that incurable syndrome: ex-PM. (2011)
"Analysing the psychological impact of power on a leader's personality, Owen points out that these people, with huge doses of daily adrenaline, are in a perpetual state of post-traumatic stress...
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...
The Icarus Syndrome: a history of American hubris. (2010)
"Hubris is an affliction born of success and, therefore, one to which western societies, the USA in particular, are especially prone. In dazzling color, he portrays three extraordinary generation" ...
Cognitive archaeology: uses, methods and results. (2009)
".. authors have used retrospective analysis to describe preclinical linguistic decline in written texts and spoken language samples. This paper reviews the methods available for classifying and comparing such samples, and presents...
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...
Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War. (2007)
"How President Bush took the nation to war using faulty and fraudulent intelligence. An account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude, journalistic malfeasance, and, especially, arrogance. Michael Isikoff, investigative journalist, formerly...
Hubris and Nemesis in Heads of Government. (2006)
“Holy wars breed arrogance, ignite hubris and are followed all too often by nemesis..... (Bush and Blair were) Bparticularly susceptible to being swept up with the intoxication of power. Lord David Owen,...
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...
Napoleon’s tragic march home from Moscow: lessons in hubris. (2000)
"Using historical material on Napoleon as well as contemporary business examples, they examine the causes of hubris and specific leader behaviors that are likely to result. Guidelines for reducing the...