Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... leaders who, for any one of a dozen personal reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a fierce ...
... leaders who, for any one of a dozen personal reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a fierce ...
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... leadership contests in Britain). As will be more fully explored in later chapters, modern leaders of democracies have much more power than their 18th century counterparts: there has been in operation a tendency towards centralisation of ...
... leadership contests in Britain). As will be more fully explored in later chapters, modern leaders of democracies have much more power than their 18th century counterparts: there has been in operation a tendency towards centralisation of ...
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... leader capable of taking the nation to war single-handedly was far from the original conception when the New World ... leaders to be 'strong', and so less likely to value consultation with their parliamentary colleagues. Why is this ...
... leader capable of taking the nation to war single-handedly was far from the original conception when the New World ... leaders to be 'strong', and so less likely to value consultation with their parliamentary colleagues. Why is this ...
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... leaders with enormous power is one that has received surprisingly little attention.* ( * Chapter fourteen, Our Need for a Fuhrer, looks at the cult of personality in more detail.) Our longing for superman is deeply ingrained. Our ...
... leaders with enormous power is one that has received surprisingly little attention.* ( * Chapter fourteen, Our Need for a Fuhrer, looks at the cult of personality in more detail.) Our longing for superman is deeply ingrained. Our ...
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... leaders who are most likely to take him to war, Part Two (Follow my Leader, chapters nine to sixteen) starts with an account of how dangerous men have risen to become leaders of their country. A look at the way in which Stalin, Idi Amin ...
... leaders who are most likely to take him to war, Part Two (Follow my Leader, chapters nine to sixteen) starts with an account of how dangerous men have risen to become leaders of their country. A look at the way in which Stalin, Idi Amin ...
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