Men on horseback : the power of charisma in the Age of Revolution /
Bell, David A.
Men on horseback : the power of charisma in the Age of Revolution / David A. Bell. - First edition. - 335 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"A group biography of Pasquale Paoli, George Washington, Toussaint Louverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Simon Bolivar with an emphasis on charismatic leadership."-- 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 a revolutionary world eager to do without kings and queens. -- adapted from jacket
9780374207922 0374207925
40030055267
2019056126
Biography--18th century.
Charisma (Personality trait)
Political leadership.
Statesmen--Biography.
Generals--Biography.
Biographies.
Men on horseback : the power of charisma in the Age of Revolution / David A. Bell. - First edition. - 335 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"A group biography of Pasquale Paoli, George Washington, Toussaint Louverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Simon Bolivar with an emphasis on charismatic leadership."-- 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 a revolutionary world eager to do without kings and queens. -- adapted from jacket
9780374207922 0374207925
40030055267
2019056126
Biography--18th century.
Charisma (Personality trait)
Political leadership.
Statesmen--Biography.
Generals--Biography.
Biographies.