Our society should note the failures of Hitler and Mussolini, and take into account the many hardships that were present long after these ultra-nationalistic leaders were gone. ... This burden has plagued our world for over a century is responsible for millions of deaths and some of the most horrific experiences mankind has ever experienced. ...
Jews were blamed for everything, even being accused of poisoning wells and starting the bubonic plague in 1348. Ignoring the fact that the plague also killed thousands of Jews, enraged and hate-filled mobs slaughtered thousands of Jews in a massacre that would be topped only much later in history by Adolf Hitler#, who would end up being known as the archetype of vicious anti-Semitism. ...
For the rest of his life his shortness plagued him, causing him to resort to platform shoes and other devices in an effort to appear taller than he actually was. ... Before a series of strokes prevented Lenin from working, he wrote a secret note warning that Stalin must be removed as general secretary. ... The leading Bolsheviks finally learned of the secret note warning against Stalin, but they ignored it. ...
American Foreign Policy: Where are We Today and How Did We Get Here? The typical American citizen knows very little about American foreign policy. I realize that is a very broad, general statement. Nevertheless, it is true. Its not that the typical American isn't capable of understanding American foreign policy, but rather that we choose not to. ...
