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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... wanted the seat bad and I knew he had four years seniority on Kennedy . And I would have preferred showing preference for Tennessee over Massachusetts . But I kept picturing old Joe sitting there with all that power and wealth feeling ...
... wanted the seat bad and I knew he had four years seniority on Kennedy . And I would have preferred showing preference for Tennessee over Massachusetts . But I kept picturing old Joe sitting there with all that power and wealth feeling ...
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... wanted to know how the President would function after the anaesthetic . The doctor explained that Reagan was not going to be able to make major decisions since all anaesthetic drugs had some effect on the mind and brain and he would ...
... wanted to know how the President would function after the anaesthetic . The doctor explained that Reagan was not going to be able to make major decisions since all anaesthetic drugs had some effect on the mind and brain and he would ...
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... wanted to control the canal . Considerations of prestige were also of major importance for Britain , and the government was not able to draw a clear distinction between the question of the canal and that of Nasser's regime . In ...
... wanted to control the canal . Considerations of prestige were also of major importance for Britain , and the government was not able to draw a clear distinction between the question of the canal and that of Nasser's regime . In ...
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Prime Minister Edens illness and Suez | 109 |
President Kennedys health | 141 |
The Shahs secret illness | 191 |
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