{"product_id":"a-firstrate-madness-uncovering-the-links-between-leadership-and-mental-illness-9780143121336","title":"A FirstRate Madness Uncovering the Links Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” \u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In \u003ci\u003eA First-Rate Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhaemi isn't the first to claim that madness is a close relative of genius, or even the first to extend the idea into politics. But he does go further than others...His explanations are elegant, too - intuitively accurate and banked off the latest psychiatric research. * Newsweek *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA First-Rate Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is a sophisticated work of psychology, but it is also a gossipy work of celebrity history, a who's who of the eminently unhinged. * The New York Observer *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732523462999,"sku":"9780143121336","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143121336.jpg?v=1719997258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-firstrate-madness-uncovering-the-links-between-leadership-and-mental-illness-9780143121336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}