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The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political leadership in the modern age by Archie Brown

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November 2014, no. 366

The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political leadership in the modern age by Archie Brown

Bodley Head, $59.99 hb, 470 pp

The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political leadership in the modern age by Archie Brown

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November 2014, no. 366

A remarkable feature of the concept of political leadership is its apparently infinite elasticity: it stretches over presidents and prime ministers, dictators and popes, revolutionaries and reformers. Take the concept beyond politics, and its reach effortlessly expands to include business executives, platoon commanders, primary school principals, the captain of the cricket team, and many more. But is it useful, or even accurate, to describe all these figures as ‘leaders’ given they, and the entities they lead, have almost nothing in common? Are they really comparable as leaders?

Stephen Mills reviews 'The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political leadership in the modern age' by Archie Brown

The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political leadership in the modern age

by Archie Brown

Bodley Head, $59.99 hb, 470 pp

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