I've never heard the term narcissistic perversion before. The most severe form of narcissism I know of is Malignant Narcissism. For the sake of this question, I'll base my answer on how one deals with a Malignant Narcissist.
60 Minutes/Vanity Fair: Bad Habits. Bob Gates, America's Secretary Of War. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense for both Presidents Bush and Obama is the man in charge of winding down the war in Iraq and building up the war in Afghanistan. 60 Minutes and correspondent Katie Couric flew with him to Afghanistan just over a week ago.
For the sixteenth-century English politician, see John Kerry (MP). John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. A Democrat, he previously served Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013.