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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... Eden rejected them , choosing instead to be operated on by the sixty - year - old John Hume , a general surgeon . In Eden's words , Hume had ' removed my appendix when I was younger , and I'll go to him ' . } Hume was so agitated that ...
... Eden rejected them , choosing instead to be operated on by the sixty - year - old John Hume , a general surgeon . In Eden's words , Hume had ' removed my appendix when I was younger , and I'll go to him'.3 Hume was so agitated that the ...
... Eden's policy , serving on the Egypt Committee , and he has described Eden's conduct of such meetings.35 They were fairly restless ' and the Prime Minister was not undoubtedly well . I don't think it probably clouded his judgement ...
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