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 Wilson's October 1919 stroke affected his
behavior during the Senate fight over ratifying the League of
Nations. Franklin Roosevelt's severe coronary disease influenced
his decisions concerning the conduct of war in the Pacific from
1943-1945 in particular. John Kennedy's illnesses and treatments
altered his behavior at the 1961 Vienna conference with Soviet
Premier Khrushchev. And Nixon's psychological impairments biased
his decisions regarding the covert bombing of Cambodia in
1969-1970.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2007 |
First published: |
2008 |
Authors: |
Rose McDermott
(Professor)
|
Dimensions: |
233 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
342 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-88272-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-521-88272-9 |
Barcode: |
9780521882729 |
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