How a Leader Turns to Dictator? - Analysis of Kaddafi’S Life-Story Through Leadership Theories
Dangreau Francois How a leader turns to dictator? - Analysis of Kaddafi’s life-story through leadership theories Author(s): François Dangreau Tutor: Pr. Dr. Philippe Daudi Leadership and Management in Examiner: Pr. Dr. Björn Bjerke International Context Subject: Business Administration Level and semester: Master’s Thesis, Spring 2012 1 “How a leader turns to dictator; Analysis of Kaddafi’s life story through leadership theories” Dangreau Francois Abstract To the pantheon of grotesque and bloodthirsty dictators is now, on the front row, the Colonel Muammar Kaddafi who, for over 40 years, bought the silence of Western democracies with oil from his country and amuse the gallery with his folk outfit, his tents, his very close female guard, his reasoning and his degenerated offspring for a smoky diversion to hide the crimes of his regime. How the world has tolerated all these years, a fool like him who dictated the law to his enslaved people and executed worldwide opponents? Was it not enough to analyze his rambling speeches to understand that it was a Nero in power? Initially, this fictional character, out of "The Autumn of the Patriarch" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was probably not as crazy. Certainly was perceived in the eyes of the shy Lieutenant interviewed on television after the "White Revolution", a certain arrogance, but we were still far from the image of the future dictator. In 1969, the lieutenant was wearing a simple uniform, without medals, he smiled constantly and dodged most questions put to him, he did nothing of the clown lawless that some years later, terrorized his people and the international community.
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