Colossal control failures
Subtitle: from Julius Caesar to 9/11
By: Jack P. Gibbs.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781594515262
Subjects: Leadership -- Case studies; Social control; Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ubiquity of control failures, the nature of attempted control, and some control principles; title: Control over human behavior and the notion of power; title: Herbert Hoover's nightmare; title: FDR's ineffective attempt to pack the Supreme Court; title: Richard Nixon's stonewalling; title: Robespierre reaches far too far; title: Trotsky's fatal misperception of Stalin; title: "Che" Guevara : an iconic but failed revolutionary; title: Caesar crosses the Rubicon; title: Hitler's putsch and his invasion of the U.S.S.R; title: The Juice walks : prosecutorial control failures in O.J. Simpson's trial; title: AIDS : a global threat with no end in sight; title: Great control failures and 9/11, America's worst day; title: Some hopefully significant comparisons; title: Bearing on the future : optimism and pessimism.