Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Appendixes -- Preface -- Introduction Ofer Feldman and Linda O. Valenty -- Part I Assessment of Personality and Leadership: Content Analytic Techniques -- Chapter 1 Studying Canadian Leaders at a Distance Peter Suedfeld, Lucian Gideon Conway III, and David Eichhorn -- Chapter 2 Political Leadership and the Democratic Peace: The Operational Code of Prime Minister Tony Blair Mark Schafer and Stephen G. Walker -- Chapter 3 The 1996 Russian Presidential Candidates: A Content Analysis of Motivational Configuration and Conceptual/ Integrative Complexity Linda O. Valenty and Eric Shiraev -- Chapter 4 The Personality and Leadership Style of President Khatami: Implications for the Future of Iranian Political Reform Tanyel Taysi and Thomas Preston -- Part II Profiling the Political Personality: Psychodiagnostic and Psychobiographical Approaches -- Chapter 5 Linking Leadership Style to Policy: How Prime Ministers Influence the Decision- Making Process Juliet Kaarbo -- Chapter 6 Kings, Queens, and Sultans: Empirical Studies of Political Leadership in European Hereditary Monarchies Dean Keith Simonton -- Chapter 7 Mao ZedongÌs Narcissistic Personality Disorder and ChinaÌs Road to Disaster Michael M. Sheng -- Chapter 8 Profiling Russian Leaders from a Psychohistorical and a Psychobiographical Perspective Juhani Ihanus -- Chapter 9 Benjamin Netanyahu: A Psychological Profile Using Behavior Analysis Shaul Kimhi -- Part III The Cultural Context: Applications from East to West -- Chapter 10 Building the War Economy and Rebuilding Postwar Japan: A Profile of Pragmatic Nationalist Nobusuke Kishi Shigeko N. Fukai -- Chapter 11 When and Why Do Hard- Liners Become Soft? An Examination of Israeli Prime Ministers Shamir, Rabin, Peres, and Netanyahu Yael S. Aronoff.

Chapter 12 Predicting the Performance of Leaders in Parliamentary Systems: New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange John Henderson -- Chapter 13 Self- Presentation of Political Leaders in Germany: The Case of Helmut Kohl Astrid Schutz -- Chapter 14 The Comparative Psychoanalytic Study of Political Leaders: John McCain and the Limits of Trait Psychology Stanley A. Renshon -- References -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.