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The Hubris Syndrome
David Owen
其他書名
Bush, Blair and the Intoxication of Power
出版Politico's, 2007
主題Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalBiography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of StateHistory / Middle East / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011)Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyPolitical Science / International Relations / General
ISBN18427521979781842752197
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=L7UhAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋For many politicians, power seems to go to their head, and becomes a heady drug affecting every action they take. The Greeks called it hubris, where the hero wins glory, acclaim and success - but it is often followed by nemesis. David Owen suggests George Bush and Tony Blair developed a Hubristic Syndrome while in power. He provides a powerful analysis, looking at their behaviour, beliefs and governing style, in particular the nature of their hubristic incompetence in handling the Iraq War. Both of them, and in her last year in office, Margaret Thatcher, developed many of the tell-tale and defining symptoms. A statesman, politician and medical doctor, with personal knowledge of the war in the Balkans, David Owen has unique insight into Blair's premiership, including several meetings and conversations with Blair from 1996-2004.