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Historianshavelongpuzzledovertheapparentmentalinstabilityofgreatandterribleleadersalike:Napoleon,Lincoln,Churchill,Hitler,andothers.InAFirst-RateMadness,NassirGhaemi,directoroftheMoodDisordersProgramatTuftsMedicalCenter,offersamyth-shatteringexplorationofthepowerfulconnectionsbetweenmentalillnessandleadershipandsetsforthacontroversial,compellingthesis:theveryqualitiesthatmarkthosewithmooddisordersalsomakeforthebestleadersintimesofcrisis.FromtheimportanceofLincoln’s“depressiverealism”tothelacklusterleadershipofexceedinglysanemenasNevilleChamberlain,AFirst-RateMadnessoverturnsmanyofourmost...