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Introduction : Laying Out the Conceptual Framework / Jean Krasno -- Colonel Gaddafi : The Political Psychology of a Mad Dog? / Peter Marcus Kristensen and Salem B.S. Dandan -- Saddam Hussein : Violence and Terror, Charlotte Scaddan / Marcin Szudek and Jean Krasno -- Fidel Castro : Philosopher-Despot / Sean LaPides -- Gamal Abdel Nasser : Legacy in the Arab World / Jean Krasno and Emad Baniyounes -- Hugo Chavez : A Quintessential Political Personality / James Suggett -- The Emperor Hirohito : the Decision to Attack Pearl Harbor / Shun Sakugawa -- Henry Stimson and His Influence on Harry Truman : A Victorian Conservative in the Atomic Court / Monika Adamczyk -- Margaret Thatcher : the 1982 Falklands War / Helen Baxendale -- Golda Meir : Prime Minister of Israel 1969-1974 / Robert Lattin -- Silvio Berlusconi : "I am the Jesus Christ of politics" /John Tumminia -- Eva Peron : Spiritual Leader of the Nation / Evette Rivera and Jean Krasno -- Angela Merkel : The Outsider Who Became Chancellor / Sean LaPides -- Benazir Bhutto : Personality, Beliefs, and the Empowerment of Women / Nicole DiMarco -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : Personal Experience and the Promotion of Women / Nicole DiMarco -- Mikhail Gorbachev : End of the Cold War / Natasha Zemtsova Miller -- William Jefferson Clinton : Promise, Persistence, and the Will to Be Adored / Jean Krasno -- Václav Havel : the Most Deserving Political Leader to have Never Won a Nobel Peace Prize / Jakub Walko -- Kofi Annan : From Ghana to the World Stage / Jean Krasno -- Nelson Mandela : a Leader with no Followers is Just Someone Taking a Walk / Chris Hammond -- Devils to Angels : Addressing the Cases Along a Continuum / Jean Krasno. |
