Shame and HumiliationSteinberg focuses on the narcissistic personality, identifying it as intensely self involved and preoccupied with success and recognition as a substitute for parental love. She asserts that narcissistic leaders are most likely to use force when they fear being humiliated for failing to act and when they need to restore their diminished sense of self worth. Providing case studies of Johnson, Nixon, and Eisenhower, Steinberg describes the childhood,