In Sickness and in Power: Illnesses in Heads of Government During the Last 100 YearsBloomsbury Academic, 30 may 2008 - 420 páginas 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. Between 1906 and 2008 seven Presidents are judged to have been mentally ill while in office: Theodore Roosevelt (bipolar disorder), Taft (breathing-related sleep disorder), Wilson (major depressive disorder), Coolidge (major depressive disorder), Hoover (major depressive disorder), Johnson (bipolar disorder), and Nixon (alcohol abuse). Many despots-such as Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Robert Mugabe-have been branded by the press and public opinion as suffering mental illnesses. Lord Owen argues neither Hitler nor Stalin were mad in any sense the medical profession recognizes (whereas Mussolini and Mao had depression, possibly bipolar disorder). |
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... British ambassador was told to say in Washington that the UK was not in favour of withdrawing from the project . Dulles concluded , rightly , that the British were speaking for the record and did not feel strongly . Under pressure from ...
... British troop build - up continued in Cyprus and elsewhere there would come a moment when he could no longer hold them in a state of military readiness , and on 5 October in the United Nations Security Council , Egypt complained about ...
... British , involvement . It was only after the announcement of the French and British ultimatum that Dulles saw through the veil of camouflaged intent50 and asked John Coulson , the British chargé d'affaires , next day how the Egyptians ...
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