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200 10$aMadmen at the helm$b[electronic resource] $epathology and politics in the Arab Spring /$fMuriel Mirak-Weissbach
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aReading, U.K. $cIthaca Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (193 p.)
300   $aOn cover: Politics, Current affairs, Middle East studies.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Frontispiece; Introduction; 1 Narcissus on the throne; 2 Muammar Qaddafi: king of kings; 3 Hosni Mubarak: a modern Ramses; 4 Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali: all in the family; 5 Ali Abdullah Saleh: a Shakespearian tragic figure; 6 Bashar al-Assad: the great pretender; 7 Postscript: the American Narcissus; 8 The good ruler; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThe Arab Spring was a watershed in Arab history, which gave young protesters the impetus to challenge established and entrenched dictatorial regimes for the first time, and to demand democracy. In this unique book, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach reviews specialist literature and provides a profile of the personality disorder of narcissism displayed by five leaders (Mubarak, Qaddafi, Ben Ali, Saleh and Assad), together with the related syndromes of paranoia, hysteria, and sociopathy. She argues that the responses of these leaders to the challenges they faced indicate that they were psychologically inca
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