Leadership & Statesmanship, Characteristics & Qualities - Self-Improvement

The Spellbinders : Charismatic Political Leadership

Name: The Spellbinders : Charismatic Political Leadership
Author: Ann R. Willner
ISBN: 9780300028096

by Ann R. Willner

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Overview

This book explains in depth the nature of charismatic political leadership and the processes by which it comes into being. Willner deals with cultural myths, the importance of crisis, the relationship between sexual potency and political power, the role of oratory and political rhetoric, and features engrossing details from the careers of charismatic political leaders of the twentieth century.

Synopsis

The author examines power of charisma in political leadership and its consequences in the history of the 20th century including Gandhi, Hitler, Castro, Franklin Roosevelt, Sukarno, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Mussolini.