The Psychology of Power: Temptation at the Top

by Jaap van Ginneken

Book Overview

This book tests the disquieting hypothesis that our most powerful leaders acquire strange quirks at the top, making them take unnecessary risks. The author scrutinizes some of the best-known politicians of the largest western or G6 nations over the last half century, when they approached or reached the highest executive office, such as Berlusconi, Bush, Clinton, Kennedy, Reagan, Thatcher and others. All gave in to a slightly amended version of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137454024
• ISBN13: 9781137454027
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"