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This edition of surviving madness includes a very special introduction and afterword by life partner terry decrescenzo. An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of historys greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. Hes a former web editor of smithsonian magazine and now writes for the atlantic cities, a site devoted to urban life run by the atlantic magazine. Eric jaffe is the author of the kings best highway. Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike. The insanity is not psychosis or multiple personality, but the more commonly recognized diagnoses of mania, depression, and bipolar disorder.
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