Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred.(Review) (book review)

Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred. By Robert S. Robins and Jerrold M. Post. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. 366p. $30.00.

This book offers an insightful and quite compelling blend of psychological, especially psychodynamic, theory and historical analysis. Indeed, many of the historical anecdotes alone more than justify the price of admission. Joseph Stalin's letter of condolence to Eleanor Roosevelt provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential men of the twentieth century as well as into the quirky psychologic of paranoia. ...