Ailing, Aging, Addicted: Studies of Compromised Leadership: Joan of Arc, Henry Vlll, Napoleon, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and More

Bert Edward Park; Arthur S. Link [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 0813118530 / ISBN 13: 9780813118536

Published by The University Press of Kentucky, 1993

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hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ailing, Aging, Addicted: Studies of Compromised Leadership: Joan of Arc, Henry Vlll, Napoleon, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and More
• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813118530
• ISBN 13: 9780813118536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Examines how one man's illness can greatly affect history, focusing on the role of drug abuse in John F. Kennedy's White House, whether or not Henry VII was influenced by syphilis, and why Stalin became more paranoid as he aged.

About the Author

Bert E. Park, M.D., is a practicing neurological surgeon, an adjunct professor of history, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Papers of Woodrow Wilson.