there is little difference between a good leader and a great leader. However, in my opinion, I feel there s a big gap between a good leader and a great leader.You can see on this website http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879377,00.html who different historians or philosophers think are the greatest leaders in history. The person I agree with most is Jean-Francois Revel, a French author who commented,"A great leader has original ideas and succeeds in having them accepted by millions or billions. These ideas can be wonderful or dreadful."
Therefore, I think one of the greatest leaders in history is Adolf Hitler. In the beginning of his life, he was a nobody who fell into poverty in Austria. He encounted many obstacles yet he is the same man who led a country to conquer almost the whole of Europe! Why is that so?
The main reason for his rise to power was the ability to "brainwash" everyone into doing what he says. In the 1933 German elections, his party managed to win the elections and its popularity rised 37% in 1 term. Despite Hiter's ideas being relatively unpopular, he managed to convince everyone to vote for him.
Eventually, he also convinced the Germans to get revenge for their defeat in World War 1 and that the Jews and communists were to blame for the defeat. One cannot understand why the Germans bought into his idea but they did due to Hitler's charisma.
The Germans built up their army and World War 2 started and eventually Germany were defeated 6 years later.
However, one cannot argue that Adolf Hitler was a great leader.
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