Synopsis The author links the destructive, suicidal, or murderous behavior of many public figures to drinking, seeing the careers and excesses of Stalin, Joseph McCarthy, Dorothy Parker, Richard E. Byrd, Alexander the Great, and others as exhibiting the characteristics of severe alcoholism.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-10-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note This stimulating, controversial book links alcoholism with the destructive behavior of a wide range of public figures--from tyrants and serial murderers to politicians, writers and actors. Filled with anecdotes about the famous and the infamous, this book is a convincing assessment of how alcoholism affects the behavior of powerful individuals, with often devastating consequences.
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