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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... knew about the illness : the two French . doctors , who had all the information ; Ayadi , who had the key facts but was not a specialist ; the Shah , who had some information strictly vetted by Ayadi ; and lastly , with even more ...
... knew the secrecy had possible political consequences . After he had discussed this subject many times with the ... knew about his illness and had not wanted to say anything about it to her . More difficult for the Queen was how to tell ...
... knew the Shah was seriously ill and confirmed before he died that the CIA did not know either . Further , according to Shawcross , neither Mossad , SAVAK nor MI6 ever knew . I was in charge of MI6 at the time and , for my part , am ...
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