The Myth of the Strong Leader, (Hardcover)

from Dilip-Kumar

A polished exposition of the idea that a strong leader need not necessarily be a successful one. It gets a bit long-winded toward the middle, but the point is well made with examples from 19th and 20th century European and American political history. However, his contention that people seldom cho...

from idiopathic

Fascinating review of 20th century history The book starts with a simple statement which to me was only obvious after I had read it: concentrating power in a “strong leader” means allocating it arbitrarily to the leader's personal assistants. Because no single human can cope with the increased vo...

from idiopathic

Fascinating review of 20th century history The book starts with a simple statement which to me was only obvious after I had read it: concentrating power in a “strong leader” means allocating it arbitrarily to the leader's personal assistants. Because no single human can cope with the increased vo...