A First-Rate Madness
Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
$44.34
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2012
Summary
The New York Times bestseller
“A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders …” -The Boston Globe
“A provocative thesis … Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” -The Washington Post
“Provocative, fascinating.” -Salon.com
Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike—Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143121336 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143121332 |
| Author: | Nassir Ghaemi |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 335g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 138mm x 20mm |
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Ghaemi isn’t the first to claim that madness is a close relative of genius, or even the first to extend the idea into politics. But he does go further than others…His explanations are elegant, too - intuitively accurate and banked off the latest psychiatric research. * Newsweek *A First-Rate Madness is a sophisticated work of psychology, but it is also a gossipy work of celebrity history, a who’s who of the eminently unhinged. * The New York Observer *
About The Author
Nassir Ghaemi
Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He has published more than a hundred scientific articles and several books on psychiatry.
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