Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making - Softcover

McDermott, Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521709245 ISBN 13: 9780521709248

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This book is about how illness affects the behavior of American presidents. It discusses four cases in American history of presidential decision making being affected by illness. The main purpose of this book is to show that health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized. This book differs from the competition because it focuses primarily on foreign policy, where a president has greater freedom of authority, and also features detailed analysis of historical case studies.

About this title

Book Description:

This book examines the impact of medical and psychological illness on foreign policy decision making. It discusses four cases in American history in which presidential decision making was affected by illness. Health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized.

About the Author:

Rose McDermott is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor McDermott's main area of research revolves around political psychology in international relations. She is the author of Risk Taking in International Relations: Prospect Theory in American Foreign Policy (1998) and Political Psychology in International Relations (2004). Professor McDermott has held fellowships at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and the Women and Public Policy Program, both at Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521709245
• ISBN 13: 9780521709248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344