Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making by Rose McDermott (English

Description: Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making by Rose McDermott The impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. It discusses four cases in American history in which presidential decision making was affected by illness. Health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Examines the impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. Illness provides specific, predictable, and recognizable shifts in attention, time perspective, cognitive capacity, judgment, and emotion, which systematically affect impaired leaders. In particular, this book discusses the ways in which processes related to aging, physical and psychological illness, and addiction influence decision making. This book provides detailed analysis of four cases among the American presidency. Woodrow Wilsons October 1919 stroke affected his behavior during the Senate fight over ratifying the League of Nations. Franklin Roosevelts severe coronary disease influenced his decisions concerning the conduct of war in the Pacific from 1943–1945 in particular. John Kennedys illnesses and treatments altered his behavior at the 1961 Vienna conference with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. And Nixons psychological impairments biased his decisions regarding the covert bombing of Cambodia in 1969–1970. Author Biography Rose McDermott is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor McDermotts main area of research revolves around political psychology in international relations. She is the author of Risk Taking in International Relations: Prospect Theory in American Foreign Policy (1998) and Political Psychology in International Relations (2004). Professor McDermott has held fellowships at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and the Women and Public Policy Program, both at Harvard University. Table of Contents 1. Introduction; 2. Aging, illness, and addiction; 3. The exacerbation of personality: Woodrow Wilson; 4. Leading while dying: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1943–45; 5. Addicted to power: John F. Kennedy; 6. Richard Nixon: bordering on sanity; 7. 25th Amendment; 8. Presidential care. Review "McDermott has written a significant, innovative study that adds greatly to the literature on political psychology and presidential leadership….The chapter on how JFs use of steroids for treatment of Addisons disease, and of narcotics and amphetamines, influenced his behavior with Khrushchev during the 1961 Vienna Conference is especially riveting. Finally, the implications of McDermotts analysis are brought to bear on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, with some final thoughts on presidential care….Essential."E. C. Dreyer, University of TulsaChoice Promotional The impact of medical and psychological illness on presidential foreign policy decision making. Review Quote "McDermott has written a significant, innovative study that adds greatly to the literature on political psychology and presidential leadership....The chapter on how JFs use of steroids for treatment of Addisons disease, and of narcotics and amphetamines, influenced his behavior with Khrushchev during the 1961 Vienna Conference is especially riveting. Finally, the implications of McDermotts analysis are brought to bear on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, with some final thoughts on presidential care....Essential." E. C. Dreyer, University of TulsaChoice Promotional "Headline" The impact of medical and psychological illness on presidential foreign policy decision making. Description for Bookstore The impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. It discusses four cases in American history in which presidential decision making was affected by illness. Health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized. Description for Library The impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. It discusses four cases in American history in which presidential decision making was affected by illness. Health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized. Details ISBN0521709245 Author Rose McDermott Short Title PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP ILLNES Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521709245 ISBN-13 9780521709248 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 352.23/6 Year 2007 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Affiliation University of California, Santa Barbara Position Professor DOI 10.1604/9780521709248 UK Release Date 2007-12-03 AU Release Date 2007-12-03 NZ Release Date 2007-12-03 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Pages 344 Publication Date 2007-12-03 Alternative 9780511756177 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168628804;

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