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In sickness and in power : illness in heads of government during the last 100 years /

Owen, David Anthony Llewellyn, Baron Owen, 1938-

In sickness and in power : illness in heads of government during the last 100 years / David Owen. - Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 2008.

Includes case histories of Sir Anthony Eden, John F. Kennedy, the last Shah of Iran, Francois Mitterand and the relationship between George W. Bush and Tony Blair. Electronic book available via Ebook Central platform. Ebook ISBN taken from Ebook Central page.

I. Illness in heads of government during the last 100 years -- 1901-1953 -- 1953-2007 -- II. Case histories -- Prime Minister Eden's illness and Suez -- President Kennedy's health -- The Shah's secret illness -- President Mitterand's prostate cancer -- III. The intoxication of power -- Bush, Blair and the war in Iraq -- IV. Lessons for the future -- Safeguarding against illness in heads of government.



9780313360053 9780313360060


Heads of state--Diseases--History.
Heads of state--Mental health--History.
Heads of state--Health and hygiene--History.


Electronic books.

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