Shame and Humiliation : Presidential Decision Making on Vietnam.
Title:
Shame and Humiliation : Presidential Decision Making on Vietnam.
Author:
Steinberg, Blema S.
ISBN:
9780773565906
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (408 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Shame, Humiliation, Loss of Self-Esteem, and Aggression -- 2 Lyndon Johnson: The Humiliated Narcissist -- 3 Johnson and Vietnam -- 4 Richard Nixon: The Angry Narcissist -- 5 Nixon and Cambodia -- 6 Dwight Eisenhower: The Healthy Narcissist -- 7 Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Blema Steinberg adopts a psychoanalytical approach in her examination of the decision making of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Dwight Eisenhower during the Vietnam War. She argues that personality traits, such as narcissism, influenced critical decisions they made about U.S. intervention in Vietnam.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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