Hubris : the road to Donald Trump : power, popularism, narcissism / David Owen.
By: Owen, David Anthony Llewellyn, Baron Owen [author.]
Slingsby, York : Methuen, 2018Description: x, 404 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780413778215Other title: Hubris : the road to Donald Trump : power, populism narcissism [Cover title]Note: Gift: The Rt Hon. the Lord Owen CH.Subject(s): Trump, Donald, 1946- | Heads of state -- Psychology | Presidents -- United States | Prime ministers -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century | United States -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 352.23019 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 352.23019 OWE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016587 |
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Introduction: hubris, narcissism and hubris syndrome -- 1. The emerging US presidency: Jefferson, Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt -- 2. Moralism v. opportunism: Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George -- 3. The Atlantic Charter: imperialism disowned: Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill -- 4. Suez: lying to America. Eden and Eisenhower -- 5. President John F. Kennedy's drug abuse in 1961 -- 6. Vietnam: how Harold Wilson resisted Lyndon Johnson's demands for UK military involvement -- 7. Iraq: the hubris of George W. Bush and Tony Blair -- 8. Hubris and the military mentality -- 9. Hubris and the character of business -- 10. The hubris of Neville Chamberlain and Margaret Thatcher -- 11. President Donald Trump's populism -- 12. Conclusion.
Gift: The Rt Hon. the Lord Owen CH.