Published 2010
“…The pantheon of purportedly narcissistic leaders ranges
from the great tyrants of recent history including Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein (Glad, 2002), to
lesser-known malevolent leaders like the founder of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell
(Miliora, 1995) and cult leader Jim Jones (Zee, 1980), great historical figures such as Alexander Hamilton
(Chernow, 2004), business leaders of all stripes including Steve Jobs (Robins & Paulhus, 2001), Michael
Eisner (Sankowsky, 1995), David Geffen (Kramer, 2003), and
Kenneth Lay (Kramer, 2003), and an eclectic
and sometimes surprising list of current political leaders such as Benjamin Netanyahu (Kimhi, 2001),
John McCain (Renshon, 2001), George W. …”
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