Shame and Humiliation: Presidential Decision Making on Vietnam 9780773565906

Blema Steinberg adopts a psychoanalytical approach in her examination of the decision making of Lyndon Johnson, Richard

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Shame and Humiliation: Presidential Decision Making on Vietnam
9780773565906

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Blema S. Steinberg

Table of 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
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