In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 YearsMethuen, 2008 - 420 páginas This study of illness in heads of government between 1901 and 2007 considers how illness and therapy - both physical and mental - affect the process of government and decision-making, leading to acts of folly, in the sense of stupidity or rashness. |
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... took three weeks ' unpaid leave . I managed to win just enough votes not to forfeit a financial deposit . On my return to hospital , politics took a back seat and I concentrated on medicine . I specialised at St Thomas ' in neurology ...
... took three weeks ' unpaid leave . I managed to win just enough votes not to forfeit a financial deposit . On my return to hospital , politics took a back seat and I concentrated on medicine . I specialised at St Thomas ' in neurology ...
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... took power in 1933. But Macdonald was an idealist over disarmament and only a reluctant realist . On 7 June 1935 MacDonald stepped down as Prime Minister and Baldwin took over for the third time . To add to his troubles , he lost his ...
... took power in 1933. But Macdonald was an idealist over disarmament and only a reluctant realist . On 7 June 1935 MacDonald stepped down as Prime Minister and Baldwin took over for the third time . To add to his troubles , he lost his ...
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... took the fateful decision that inevitably and inexorably led to his suicide in Berlin in 1945 . He gratuitously took on the United States at the very moment that he was failing to capture Moscow . He took this decision despite the clear ...
... took the fateful decision that inevitably and inexorably led to his suicide in Berlin in 1945 . He gratuitously took on the United States at the very moment that he was failing to capture Moscow . He took this decision despite the clear ...
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Prime Minister Edens illness and Suez | 109 |
President Kennedys health | 141 |
The Shahs secret illness | 191 |
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