Title: Madmen at the helm
Description: A watershed in Arab history, the Arab spring gave young protesters the impetus to challenge established and entrenched dictatorial regimes for the first time, and to demand representative government. Mirak-Weissbach examines the public statements, speeches, interviews and courses of actions of the five leaders in response to these challenges, and identifies patterns and similarities of behaviour. She then argues that their responses illustrate their psychological inability to face reality, and their determination to cling fanatically to power in the face of revolt.
Subjects: Politics and government, Arab Spring, 2010-, Psychology, Dictatorship, Psychological aspects, Heads of state, Dictators, Arab countries, politics and government, Democracy, History, Revolutions, Succession
Places: Arab countries
Time periods: 21st century