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  Book Title: The Myth of
the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age
  Book Author: 
Archie Brown (Author) 
   Hardcover: 480 pages
   Publisher: Basic Books (April 8, 2014)
  
Language: English
   ISBN-10: 0465027660
   ISBN-13: 978-0465027668
  
  Book Description
  Publication Date: April 8,
2014
  In this magisterial and wide-ranging survey of political leadership over the past hundred years,
Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that strong leaders - those who dominate their colleagues and the
policy-making process - are the most successful and admirable.
  Within authoritarian regimes, a more collective
leadership is a lesser evil compared with personal dictatorship where cultivation of the myth of the strong leader is
often a prelude to oppression and carnage. Within democracies, although 'strong leaders' are seldom as strong or
independent as they purport to be, the idea that one person is entitled to take the big decisions is dangerous
nonetheless, and the advantages of a collegial style of leadership are too often overlooked.
  In reality, only a
minority of political leaders make a big difference, by challenging assumptions about the politically possible or
setting in motion systemic change. Yet in a democracy that is rare. It is especially when enlightened leaders acquire
power in an authoritarian system that the opportunity for radical transformation occurs.
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Lyndon B. Johnson, Willy Brandt and Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Tony
Blair are among the leaders whom Brown examines in this original and illuminating study.
  
 
Editorial Review
  From Booklist
  Oxford politics scholar Brown (The Rise and Fall of Communism, 2009) examines the nature of political leadership and
challenges the notion that so-called strong leaders are the most effective. Even in a democracy, he suggests, we the
people often prefer to hand executive power to charismatic, opinionated, sometimes even aggressive individuals, who
dominate other policy-makers to achieve their agendas. But setting leaders above and apart from the ruling group as a
whole makes leaders prone to vanity and self-deception and, in antagonizing other policy-makers, sets daunting obstacles
in even the most driven leader’s path. Such has been the case for many U.S. presidents whose ambitious agendas
were ultimately thwarted by Congress or the Supreme Court. Those political leaders who are best able to effect dramatic
change may be those who, like Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping, understood the importance of collegiality and
collaboration even as they transformed the systems that brought them to power. Reviewing and categorizing dozens of
heads of state past and present, Brown raises important questions about the nature of leadership and the expectations we
have for our leaders. --Brendan Driscoll
  
  Reviews
  Washington Post
  “A
lively and probing scholarly reflection on the interplay of power and high politics.”
  
  Foreign Affairs
  “Rich and multidimensional.”
  
 
Wall Street Journal
  “It is a pleasure to find a book on political
leadership that imposes no theories or models but studies actual political leaders, dozens of them from many countries,
in a historical survey from the beginning of the 20th century.”
  
  Independent, UK
  “Persuasive analysis of politically leadership.”
  
  Kirkus
  “A sure-handed historical review with an engaging
viewpoint.”