Colossal control failures : from Julius Caesar to 9/11 /: from Julius Caesar to 9/11. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Colossal control failures : from Julius Caesar to 9/11 /: from Julius Caesar to 9/11. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Colossal control failures : from Julius Caesar to 9/11
- Further Information:
- Note: Jack P. Gibbs.
- Other Names:
- Gibbs, Jack P
- Contents:
- The ubiquity of control failures, the nature of attempted control, and some control principles -- Control over human behavior and the notion of power -- Herbert Hoover's nightmare -- FDR's ineffective attempt to pack the Supreme Court -- Richard Nixon's stonewalling -- Robespierre reaches far too far -- Trotsky's fatal misperception of Stalin -- "Che" Guevara : an iconic but failed revolutionary -- Caesar crosses the Rubicon -- Hitler's putsch and his invasion of the U.S.S.R -- The Juice walks : prosecutorial control failures in O.J. Simpson's criminal trial -- AIDS : a global threat with no end in sight -- Control failures and 9/11, America's worst day -- Some hopefully significant comparisons -- Bearing on the future : optimism and pessimism.
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Subjects:
- 303.3409
Leadership -- Case studies
Social control
Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781317262220
1317262220 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.41910
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- 02_121.xml