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Men on horseback : the power of charisma in the Age of Revolution /

A group biography of Pasquale Paoli, George Washington, Toussaint Louverture, Napoleon Bonaparte and Simon Bolivar with an emphasis on charismatic leadership. Bell argues that the history of democracy is inextricable from the history of charisma. He shows how political leadership was reinvented for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, David A. (David Avrom) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Biography > 18th century.
Charisma (Personality trait)
Political leadership.
Statesmen > Biography.
Generals > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Mr. Boswell Goes to Corsica
  • American Idol
  • Waiting for Caesar in France
  • The Spartacus of the Caribbean
  • Liberator and Dictator
  • Epilogue: Charisma and Democracy
  • Excursus: Writing Charisma into History.