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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

OF POLITICAL LEADERS

With Profiles of

Saddam

Clinton

Edited by Jerrold M. Post, M.D.

Hussein

Bill

THE

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

OF POLITICAL LEADERS

With Profiles of

SADDAM HUSSEIN AND BILL CLINTON

Edited by Jerrold M. Post, MD

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS

Ann Arbor

Published in the United States of America by

The University of Michigan Press

Manufactured in the United States of America

2006 2005 2004 2003

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The psychological assessment of political leaders : with profiles

of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton / edited byjerrold M. Post.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-472-09838-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

i. Political leadership—Psychological aspects.

2. Politicians—Psychology. 3. Heads of state—Psychology.

4. Hussein, Saddam, 1937—Psychology. 5. Clinton, Bill, 1946—

Psychology. I. Post, Jerrold M.

JC330.3 .P79 2003

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and admired mentor, whose gentle wisdom

and clarity of vision have illuminated

the path for so many.