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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... important when iatrogenic disease is so prevalent . It is the politician's duty to intervene only when intervention is likely to improve the status quo and to resist the clamour for action for its own sake . Bismarck's famous remark ...
... important issue in this book - the mental capacity of heads of government . Harold Wilson's first period as Prime Minister ran from 1964 until 1970 and he was re - elected in 1974. He stepped down on 16 March 1976. To most members of ...
... important . Elliot Richardson resigned as US Attorney General rather than sack Archibald Cox , the special ... importance of character is made clear in the work of the Jungian analyst James Hillman 366 IN SICKNESS AND IN POWER.
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