A Comparison of Two World Leaders

Icons of Modern Leadership leeward Kuan Yew of Modern Singapore vs. Adolf Hitler, a Prominent Aggressor of World war II They imagine history must not repeat itself especially when it involves loss of lives, destruction of property and disruption in the delivery of basic services to people including relationships. In this paper, former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Fuhrer and Chancellor Adolf Hitler endure been chosen as effective World Leaders whose achievements, whether good or bad, have been identified to greatly impact many lives of people around the world.This paper is not to pass judgment on them whether they have become good or bad leading of the past. What is worldness looked into is how effective these leaders have been in carrying out their goals, strategies, etc. and the lessons that must be examineed. The strategies, ways and means both used to achieve their goals whitethorn have been totally poles apart or different based on their beliefs, manner of doing, choices, etc. But for one thing, both leaders dreamed of harmony, peace, mavin and progress for their awkward.The difference is how they executed that dream. Both leaders have left significant different memories, one of which is the unforgettable holocaust initiated by Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and a lucky giant leap of economic redemption of Singapore from a Third World country to become an Asian Tiger country within the collar decades of Lee Kuan Yews rule. Each leader delivered significant changes that deserve to be called great icons in the history of world leaders.Adolf Hitler who was the reason for the outbreak of World War II and Lee Kuan Yew who transformed Singapore from a Third World country to an separate Asian Tiger country, have been chosen and juxtaposed to learn the similarities and contrasts of their qualities and styles as leaders as well as how their reigns brought impact to the world. Credited to Hitlers achievements were as follows awarded the Iron Cross, Fi rst Class in December 1914 (a rarefied decoration for bravery in action to a corporal) (Hitler,A. , 2011) annexation of Austria and Sudetenland (Chen, P. 2012) wrote the book Mein Kampf (meaning My Struggle) where it was an anti-Semitic, anti-Communist diatribe outlining his strategy for remaking Germany and becoming a conquering power end-to-end Europe (Harkavy, 1996). By 1938 Hitler had made Germany the most powerful and feared country in Europe (and perhaps in the world) (Hitler, A. , 2011). Majority of the German people supported him because they precept during his early leadership to his credit how unemployment virtually disappeared, the rising prosperity of the masses, the new social institutions and the sum up of German prestige in the 1930s.All these achievements of Hitler were unparalleled in the histories of other modern totalitarian dictatorship(Hitler, A. 2011). On the other hand, achievements credited to Yew include redemption of Singapore from a Third World Country to become an Asian Tiger country now aligned with other rich Asian countries like Japan, Hongkong, and Taiwan. Singapore is now an envy of many neighboring Asian countries. Of Lee Kuan Yews outstanding achievements, eradication of corruption was envied by many ASEAN nations because Corruption has always long been associated with Third World Asian nations.Other achievements include the substantial increase in the living standards (Loh,K. 2011) in this country As Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew presided all over an exponential increase in Singapores Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from US$704 million in 1960 to US$38 billion in 1990. This figure currently stands at US$222 billion, or over 300 times its take aim in 1960. Adjusting for cost of living differences, Singapores GDP per capita was ranked 3rdglobally by the International Monetary Fund in 2010 (Loh, K, 2011).Evidently, everybody saw the difference of how improve Singapore is today from the 1960s. Now Singapore will always be equa ted and associated with the name of Lee Kuan Yew, the father of Singapore. Analyzing closely, the nearest similarity observed from both leaders is that they both embraced the style of totalitarian dictatorship during their reigns. Other similarities noted include both became inspiring leaders to the millions of their respective constituents.For Hitler, his actions united majority of the Germans and Austrians although some say this holds true prior to his order of mass executions for the Jews. It was also noted that both leaders started their political careers by heading the Popular Party of their masses Hitler became a prominent leader of National Socialist German Working Party (Nazi) while Yew also became a strong leader of Singapores concourses Action Party (PAP). They also had one dream, that is. to achieve peace, harmony and unity as well as progress not only for their country but also for the whole world.Both have redeemed their countries from economic dgetturn to economic rec overy and continued progress. Both have shown improvements not only on the lives of their people but also on policies, economy and evidently on the overall progress of their respective countries. How did Adolf Hitler who, according to Professor Jeremy Noakes, was just a vagrant and a failed artist, become one of the most destructive political leaders in the 20th century? (Noakes, 2011). Hitler did struggle during his early civilian life. When his father died, he and his mother were left with inadequate pension and savings which is the reason why he never advanced beyond his secondary education (Hitler, A. , 2011). This may be one of the outstanding differences between the ii. Yews household was better off than Hitlers because Lee Kuan Yew was able to get education at Raffles College in Singapore and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. He started as a lawyer, founded the Peoples Action Party in Singapore and became the Secretary General (Yew, 2010).This paved the way to Yews political career. On the other hand, Hitler embraced the military which paved the way to his rise to power. Accordingly, He greeted the war with enthusiasm, as a great relief from the frustration and purposelessness of his civilian life. He found discipline and comradeship satisfying and was confirmed in his belief about the heroic virtues of war. He occupied two positions during his reign, as Chancellor (Kanzler) and as Fuehrer of Germany covering 1933 to 1945 (Hitler, A. , 2011).A distinctive difference is the leaders belief. At the early part of his life, Hitler developed a strong discrimination for the Jews. certain(a) events in his life have led him to develop strong anti-Semitism or hatred for the Jews. Lee Kuan Yew embraced the teachings of Confucius. Another difference is that Hitler alone had his inherent own unique leadership style while Lee Kuan Yews was greatly inspired by Machiavellian virtu as he cited Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Mach iavelli was right.If nobody is afraid of me, Im meaningless(Lee Kuan Yew, 6. 10. 1997) (Gordon, n. d. ). Comparing the two leaders on the foot of the magnitude and coverage or extent of each leaders involvement and impact, Adolf Hitler may be considered the most effective leader because one of his superlative achievements among others is having the great majority of Germans and Austrians rally behind him until the end.This is something that historians could not find from any predecessor who could have done or come close to what Adolf Hitler did despite being accused as the war aggressor and a tyrannical dictator killing 6 million Jews during his reign. Yet despite all these, much have been said and written about Adolf Hitler who has all the right to be an icon leader of the 20th century. For this purpose, Lee Kuan Yew is chosen to have less impact among these two most effective leaders. Lee Kuan Yews achievement, though only involved Singapores development, has also become a showc ase to the world.Finally, restating what Lee Kuan Yew imparted (not the have words), An effective leader is the one who can be dispensable which means if you have left your realm or domain without anybody able to take over it, then you are not a good leader. Leading is a continuous momentum whether you are there or somebody takes the helm from you. whole kit and boodle CITED Chen, Peter C. (2012) Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland 29 Sep 1938 10 Oct 1938. World War II Database Data File. Retrieved from http//ww2db. com/battle_spec. hp? battle_id=87 Gordon, Uri (n. d. ) . Machiavellis Tiger Lee Kuan Yewand Singapores Authoritarian Regime. 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