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In Hubris: The Road to Donald Trump, David Owen analyses and describes the mental and physical condition of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers with a particular view that what went before paved the way to President Trump. Of recent leaders there have been alcoholics, depressives, narcissists, populists and those affected by hubris syndrome and driven by their religious beliefs.
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9780413778406Edition
0Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- By the Same Author
- Imprint Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Hubris, Narcissism and Hubris Syndrome
- Chapter 1 The Emerging US Presidency: Jefferson, Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt
- Chapter 2 Moralism v. Opportunism: Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George
- Chapter 3 The Atlantic Charter: Imperialism Disowned: Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
- Chapter 4 Suez: Lying to America. Anthony Eden and Dwight Eisenhower
- Chapter 5 John F. Kennedy’s Drug Abuse in 1961
- Chapter 6 Vietnam: How Harold Wilson Resisted Lyndon Johnson’s Demands for UK Military Involvement
- Chapter 7 Iraq: Hubris of George W. Bush and Tony Blair
- Chapter 8 Hubris and the Military Mentality
- Chapter 9 Hubris and the Character of Business
- Chapter 10 Hubris of Neville Chamberlain, Margaret Thatcher and Emmanuel Macron
- Chapter 11 Donald Trump’s Populism
- Chapter 12 Boris Johnson’s Populism
- Chapter 13 Conclusion