One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004.
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| author | Landau, Daniel B. (Daniel Bruce), 1969- |
| author2 | Stephen W. Van Evera. |
| author_facet | Stephen W. Van Evera. Landau, Daniel B. (Daniel Bruce), 1969- |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/284942019-04-11T05:33:44Z One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations Malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations Landau, Daniel B. (Daniel Bruce), 1969- Stephen W. Van Evera. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Political Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-101). Malignant narcissism is a personality syndrome marked by hubris, paranoia, and reckless indifference to the human consequences of decisions. Malignant-narcissistic leaders tend to commit major blunders in international relations. Examples include Saddam, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, and Nasser. Seventeen hypotheses are presented on malignant narcissism, exploring its relationships to cognition, domestic political systems, and blunders in international relations. The hypotheses are illustrated with historical examples to support their plausibility. Saddam is explained as a malignant narcissist who was especially prone to blunders throughout his political career. by Daniel B. Landau. S.M. 2005-09-26T20:45:21Z 2005-09-26T20:45:21Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28494 57306231 en_US M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 104 p. 7015068 bytes 7027284 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Political Science. Landau, Daniel B. (Daniel Bruce), 1969- One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title | One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title_full | One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title_fullStr | One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title_full_unstemmed | One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title_short | One man's wickedness : malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| title_sort | one man s wickedness malignant narcissism and major blunders in international relations |
| topic | Political Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28494 |
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