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What role did drug abuse play in John F. Kennedy's White House, and how was it kept from the public? How did general anesthetics and aging affect the presidency of Ronald Reagan? Why did Winston Churchill become more egocentric, Woodrow Wilson more self- righteous, and Josef Stalin more paranoi...

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Autor principal: Park, Bert Edward
Otros Autores: Link, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanley), 1920-1998
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University of Kentucky Press, [1993]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nervous system > Diseases.
Heads of state > Health and hygiene.
Diseases and history.
HISTORY > World.
Systeme nerveux > Maladies.
Maladies et histoire.
Chefs d'État > Sante et hygiene.
Nervous System Diseases
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What role did drug abuse play in John F. Kennedy's White House, and how was it kept from the public? How did general anesthetics and aging affect the presidency of Ronald Reagan? Why did Winston Churchill become more egocentric, Woodrow Wilson more self- righteous, and Josef Stalin more paranoid as they aged -- and how did those qualities alter the course of history?Was Napoleon poisoned with arsenic or did underlying disease account for his decline at the peak of his power? Does syphilis really explain Henry VIII's midlife transformation? Was there more than messianism brewing in the brains o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780813161655

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