A brotherhood of tyrants: manic depression & absolute power
Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin were three tyrants, the effects of whose brutal regimes are still with us. Each attained absolute power, and misused it in a gargantuan fashion, leaving in his wake a trail of hatred, devastation, and death. This remarkable study, while it examines...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin were three tyrants, the effects of whose brutal regimes are still with us. Each attained absolute power, and misused it in a gargantuan fashion, leaving in his wake a trail of hatred, devastation, and death. This remarkable study, while it examines the private and public lives of these three megalomaniacal leaders, is neither history nor biography. Rather, it takes the reader into the terra incognita of relationships between the strange lives of Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin and the ferocious, bizarre political systems they established. In A Brotherhood of Tyrants, D. Jablow Hershman and Julian Lieb uncover manic depression as a hidden cause of dictatorship, war, and mass killing. Comparing Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin, they describe a number of behavioral similarities supporting the contention that a specific psychiatric disorder - manic depression - can be one of the key factors in a political pathology such as tyranny Combining familiar facts from history and psychiatry, Hershman and Lieb have created a new theory suggesting that power and madness are linked by a mental disorder so variable in its effects that it condemns some people to twilight existences in mental hospitals while it propels others to every imaginable success. Focusing on these three dictators of modern history, A Brotherhood of Tyrants argues that manic depression has always been, and continues to be, a critical factor in compelling some individuals to seek political power and to become tyrants. It powerfully demonstrates how this disorder is the source of many of the typical characteristics - including grandiosity and megalomania - of a tyrannical personality, and provides a manual for the identification of the psychotic tyrant In an epilogue, Hershman and Lieb outline the clinical signs of manic depression as described in the classic studies of the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926). The authors apply these clinical signs and symptoms to the pathologies of four notorious mass killers of recent times: David Koresh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Jones, and Colin Ferguson. Hershman and Lieb argue that if these individuals had been identified in time as manic depressives, they could possibly have been successfully treated and hundreds of innocent lives could have been saved |
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.A
OF TYRANTS
Manic Depression
Absolute Power
D. Jablow Hershman Julian Lieb, M.D.
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive
Amherst, NewYork 14228-2197
Contents
Introduction: Power beyond Reason 9
PART ONE: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
1. A Self-Made Manic 19
2. "Where the Possible Left Off" 31
3. "From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" , 38
4. The Naked Emperor 46
PART TWO: ADOLF HITLER
5. The Changeling 55
6. "A Master of Irrationality" 63
7. "The Greatest German of All Time" 73
PART THREE: JOSEPH STALIN
8. The Red Tsar of Russia 87
9. The First Soviet Holocaust 99
7
8 Contents
10. The Second Soviet Holocaust 107
11. Stalin's Third Holocaust 118
12. A Fearful Triumph 130
PART FOUR: THREE SICK MEN
13. Napoleon's Lunacy and Success 143
14. Hitler's Emotion as a Political Force 149
15. Stalin's Darkness 157
PART FIVE: A BROTHERHOOD OF TYRANTS
16. Napoleon: Hitler's Ideal 173
17. Hitler: A Champion of Death 179
18. Stalin: The Enemy of the People 188
19. The Modern Tyrant 198
Epilogue: Manic Depression and Contemporary Mass Killers:
David Koresh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Jones, and Colin Ferguson 203
References and Bibliography 209 |
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| spelling | Hershman, D. J. Verfasser aut A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power D. Jablow Hershman & Julian Lieb Amherst, NY Prometheus Books 1994 219 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin were three tyrants, the effects of whose brutal regimes are still with us. Each attained absolute power, and misused it in a gargantuan fashion, leaving in his wake a trail of hatred, devastation, and death. This remarkable study, while it examines the private and public lives of these three megalomaniacal leaders, is neither history nor biography. Rather, it takes the reader into the terra incognita of relationships between the strange lives of Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin and the ferocious, bizarre political systems they established. In A Brotherhood of Tyrants, D. Jablow Hershman and Julian Lieb uncover manic depression as a hidden cause of dictatorship, war, and mass killing. Comparing Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin, they describe a number of behavioral similarities supporting the contention that a specific psychiatric disorder - manic depression - can be one of the key factors in a political pathology such as tyranny Combining familiar facts from history and psychiatry, Hershman and Lieb have created a new theory suggesting that power and madness are linked by a mental disorder so variable in its effects that it condemns some people to twilight existences in mental hospitals while it propels others to every imaginable success. Focusing on these three dictators of modern history, A Brotherhood of Tyrants argues that manic depression has always been, and continues to be, a critical factor in compelling some individuals to seek political power and to become tyrants. It powerfully demonstrates how this disorder is the source of many of the typical characteristics - including grandiosity and megalomania - of a tyrannical personality, and provides a manual for the identification of the psychotic tyrant In an epilogue, Hershman and Lieb outline the clinical signs of manic depression as described in the classic studies of the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926). The authors apply these clinical signs and symptoms to the pathologies of four notorious mass killers of recent times: David Koresh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Jones, and Colin Ferguson. Hershman and Lieb argue that if these individuals had been identified in time as manic depressives, they could possibly have been successfully treated and hundreds of innocent lives could have been saved Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Mental health Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Psychology Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Mental health Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821 (DE-588)118586408 gnd rswk-swf Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 (DE-588)118551655 gnd rswk-swf Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič 1878-1953 (DE-588)118642499 gnd rswk-swf Bipolar Disorder Case Reports Diseases and history Famous Persons Case Reports Manic-depressive illness Case studies Psychische Gesundheit (DE-588)4126412-5 gnd rswk-swf Psychische Störung (DE-588)4047686-8 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4522595-3 Fallstudiensammlung gnd-content Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821 (DE-588)118586408 p Psychische Störung (DE-588)4047686-8 s DE-604 Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 (DE-588)118551655 p Psychische Gesundheit (DE-588)4126412-5 s Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič 1878-1953 (DE-588)118642499 p Lieb, Julian Verfasser aut Digitalisierung UB Augsburg application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=006588736&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power |
| title_auth | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power |
| title_exact_search | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power |
| title_full | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power D. Jablow Hershman & Julian Lieb |
| title_fullStr | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power D. Jablow Hershman & Julian Lieb |
| title_full_unstemmed | A brotherhood of tyrants manic depression & absolute power D. Jablow Hershman & Julian Lieb |
| title_short | A brotherhood of tyrants |
| title_sort | a brotherhood of tyrants manic depression absolute power |
| title_sub | manic depression & absolute power |
| topic | Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Mental health Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Psychology Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Mental health Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821 (DE-588)118586408 gnd Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 (DE-588)118551655 gnd Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič 1878-1953 (DE-588)118642499 gnd Bipolar Disorder Case Reports Diseases and history Famous Persons Case Reports Manic-depressive illness Case studies Psychische Gesundheit (DE-588)4126412-5 gnd Psychische Störung (DE-588)4047686-8 gnd |
| topic_facet | Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Hitler, Adolf <1889-1945> Mental health Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Napoleon <I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821> Psychology Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Stalin, Joseph <1879-1953> Mental health Napoleon I. Frankreich, Kaiser 1769-1821 Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič 1878-1953 Bipolar Disorder Case Reports Diseases and history Famous Persons Case Reports Manic-depressive illness Case studies Psychische Gesundheit Psychische Störung Fallstudiensammlung |
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