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The age of the strongman : how the cult of the leader threatens democracy around the world / by Rachman, Gideon,author.(CARDINAL)503363;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Putin : the archetype (2000) -- Erdogan : from liberal reformer to authoritarian strongman (2003) -- Xi Jinping : China and the return of the cult of personality (2012) -- Modi : strongman politics in the world's largest democracy (2014) -- Orbán, Kaczynski and the rise of illiberal Europe (2015) -- Boris Johnson and Brexit Britain (2016) -- Donald Trump : American strongman (2016) -- Rodrigo Duterte and the erosion of democracy in South East Asia (2016) -- The rise of MBS and the Netanyahu phenomenon (2017) -- Bolsonaro, Amlo and the return of the Latin American caudillo (2018) -- Abiy Ahmed and democratic disillusionment in Africa (2019) -- Merkel, Macron and Europe's struggle against the strongmen (2020) -- George Soros, Steve Bannon and the battle of ideas -- Epilogue : Biden in the age of the strongman."The author of Easternization, an award-winning journalist, offers an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the globe, charting the most urgent political story of our era. We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington. These leaders are nationalists and social conservatives, with little tolerance for minorities, dissent or the interests of foreigners. At home, they claim to be standing up for ordinary people against globalist elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiments of their nations. And everywhere they go, they encourage a cult of personality. What's more, these leaders are not just operating in authoritarian political systems but have begun to emerge in the heartlands of liberal democracy. From Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro to Erdogan, Xi and Modi, Gideon Rachman pays full attention to the strongman phenomenon around the world and uncovers the complex and often surprising interaction between these leaders. In the process, he finds the common themes in our local nightmares and offers a bold new paradigm for understanding our world, and finds global coherence in the chaos of the new nationalism, leadership cults and hostility to liberal democracy. While others have tried to understand the emergence of these new leaders individually, Age of the Strongman provides the first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to key actors in this drama: Gideon Rachman has been in the same room with most of these strongmen and reported from their countries over a long journalistic career"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Authoritarianism.; Heads of state; Charisma (Personality trait); World politics;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Astray / by Parker, Amy Christine,author.(CARDINAL)402760;
Lyla thought she was free from the survivalist Community, but it is hard to break the hold their leader Pioneer has even though he is in jail--and he is planning to use his powerful influence to get his revenge on Lyla and the town.HL740LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Charisma (Personality trait); Cults; Deprogramming; Religious leaders; Survival; Survivalism; Utopias;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Feet of clay : saints, sinners, and madmen : a study of gurus / by Storr, Anthony.(CARDINAL)510240;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and indexx.
Subjects: Biographies.; Authoritarianism; Charisma (Personality trait); Control (Psychology); Cults; Gurus; Gurus; Spiritual biography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spellbound : how charisma shaped American history from the Puritans to Donald Trump / by Worthen, Molly,author.(CARDINAL)472723;
Includes bibliographical references.Revolution -- Awakenings -- Wartime -- Mastery -- Visions -- Attraction -- Enlightenment -- Pentecost -- Apocalypse -- Intellect -- Liberation -- Breakdown -- Insight -- Profit -- Revival."What happens when Americans lose faith in their religious institutions-and politicians fill the void? From the Puritans to Donald Trump, this sweeping history by a New York Times contributing opinion writer will change your understanding of the forces that create leaders and hold their followers captive"--
Subjects: Charisma (Personality trait); Personality; Personality and politics; Political leadership; Religion and politics;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Hitler's rise and fall [videorecording] : the dark charisma of Adolf Hitler / by Rees, Laurence,1957-narrator,screenwriter,television producer.; LR History TV Ltd.,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster,publisher.(CARDINAL)143648;
DVD.No one else so changed the state of the world and left behind such a wake of ruins as Adolf Hitler. Yet crucially, there has been no proper attempt to examine how and why so many people followed Hitler ultimately to the destruction of their own country. These three films examine the key decisions Hitler took during the Second World War, to find out why others decided to push forward and achieve his goals.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; Heads of state; National socialism.; Charisma (Personality trait);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hitler's charisma : leading millions into the abyss / by Rees, Laurence,1957-(CARDINAL)350273;
MARCIVE 5/2/13Includes bibliographical references and index.Part One. The Road to Power -- Discovering A Mission -- Making A Connection -- Searching For A Hero -- Developing A Vision -- Offering Hope In A Crisis -- Being Certain -- Part Two. Journey to War -- The Man Who Will Come -- The Importance Of Enemies -- The Lure Of The Radical -- The Thrill Of Release -- Turning Vision Into Reality -- Part Three. Risk and Reward -- The Great Gamble -- Charisma And Overconfidence -- False Hope And The Murder Of Millions -- Part Four. Blood And Death -- Last Chance -- The Death Of Charisma.
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Charisma (Personality trait); Hate; Self-confidence; National socialism;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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The strange case of Donald J. Trump : a psychological reckoning / by McAdams, Dan P.,author.(CARDINAL)744447;
Includes bibliographical references.Story -- Deal -- Reward -- Venom -- Truth -- Love -- Me -- Goldwater -- Us -- Primate -- Redemption."The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump provides a coherent and nuanced psychological portrait of the 45th president of the United States. Drawing on biographical events in Trump's life and on contemporary research and theory in personality, social, and developmental psychology, the book explores the personality traits and psychological dynamics that have shaped Trump's life, with an emphasis on the strangeness of the case - how Trump again and again defies psychological expectations regarding what it means to be a human being. The book's central thesis is that Donald Trump is the episodic man. He lives in the moment, outside of time, without an internal story to connect the discrete scenes in his life. As such, Trump perceives himself to be more like a superhero or a primal force, supernatural and timeless, rather than a flesh-and-blood human being with an inner life, a remembered past, and an imagined future. Trump's psychological status as the episodic man helps us understand both Trump's appeal (in the minds of millions) and his failings. The book's interpretation of Trump sheds new light on Trump's charisma, his deal making, his volatile temperament, his approach to personal relationships, his narcissism, and his emergence as a new kind of authoritarian leader in American history."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Presidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? : (and how to fix it) / by Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas,author.(CARDINAL)469082;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-201) and index.Why most leaders are inept -- Confidence disguised as competence -- Why bad guys win -- The charisma myth -- The female advantage -- What good leaders look like -- Learning to distrust our instincts -- How leaders get better -- Measuring a leader's impact.In this provocative book, author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic connects the dots and asks a powerful question: what if the reason for the lack of women at the top--and the presence of so many incompetent leaders who also happen to be men--is not that there are too many obstacles slowing women's advancement, but that there aren't enough career-testing obstacles for men? Marshalling decades of rigorous research on leadership to build his case, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although women make up a minority of leaders, female leaders are often rated by both bosses and subordinates as more competent than their male peers. At the same time, most organizations continue to equate leadership potential with a handful of personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism, that don't correlate with success. In other words, these traits may help people get nominated to leadership roles, but they backfire once the individual has the job.--
Subjects: Sex role in the work environment.; Leadership.; Success in business.; Executives.; Women executives.; Male domination (Social structure); Men; Men.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The truth about managing people-- and nothing but the truth / by Robbins, Stephen P.,1943-(CARDINAL)507612;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-211).
Subjects: Supervision of employees.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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