Heroic fantasy

behalf of authoritarian regimes or terrorists fighting against powerful regimes (Bandura 1990; HaritosFatourcos 1988), the social-psychological basis of charismatic leadership (Madsen and Snow 1991), and the socialization experiences that distinguish heroic political rescuers from mere bystanders (Monroe 1996; Oliner and Oliner 1988). Hershey explicitly takes social learning theory into a deeply political context and relies on it to provide a framework for understanding how successful political tactics