Which Dictator Had the Most Success in His Economic and Social Policies, Hitler, Franco or Stalin?
Which dictator had the most success in his economic and social policies, Hitler, Franco or Stalin?
When reading the works of most historians, it is found that they are most critical of the policies of the three most famous dictators of the twentieth century; Adolf Hitler of Germany, Josef Stalin of the Soviet union and Francisco Franco of Spain. This is most probably due to the fact that these men were despicable characters and the death rate under them was extremely high due to their policies of terror on political opposition and on races they wanted eliminated from society as well as their, some might say, selfish policies which left millions starving and living standards poor. This essay however aims to focus on the positive economic and social polices of these men as well as the negative aspects and will conclude on who had the most success, perhaps indeed there were no successes at all, but how does that explain the popularity of these men among their contemporaries? It is hoped that this essay will be rather controversial as it is also blasphemy these days to focus on positive aspects of these brutal and chaotic dictatorships. The aspects that will be analysed are housing, inflation balance of payments, gross national product, death rates living standards, infrastructure and employment rates. Before analysing these aspects, a short biography of each dictator will be given, as well as a short description of their economic and social policies.
Josef Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili on December 18th 1878. He changed his name to Stalin which means man of steal ' when he joined the Bolsheviks. In 1921 he became the general secretary of the Soviet Communist party. After Lenin 's death, he prevailed over Trotsky during a power struggle to replace Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin consolidated his power by manipulating his opponents and playing them off against each other. One such example is that he lied to a sick Trotsky about the date of Lenin
When reading the works of most historians, it is found that they are most critical of the policies of the three most famous dictators of the twentieth century; Adolf Hitler of Germany, Josef Stalin of the Soviet union and Francisco Franco of Spain. This is most probably due to the fact that these men were despicable characters and the death rate under them was extremely high due to their policies of terror on political opposition and on races they wanted eliminated from society as well as their, some might say, selfish policies which left millions starving and living standards poor. This essay however aims to focus on the positive economic and social polices of these men as well as the negative aspects and will conclude on who had the most success, perhaps indeed there were no successes at all, but how does that explain the popularity of these men among their contemporaries? It is hoped that this essay will be rather controversial as it is also blasphemy these days to focus on positive aspects of these brutal and chaotic dictatorships. The aspects that will be analysed are housing, inflation balance of payments, gross national product, death rates living standards, infrastructure and employment rates. Before analysing these aspects, a short biography of each dictator will be given, as well as a short description of their economic and social policies.
Josef Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili on December 18th 1878. He changed his name to Stalin which means man of steal ' when he joined the Bolsheviks. In 1921 he became the general secretary of the Soviet Communist party. After Lenin 's death, he prevailed over Trotsky during a power struggle to replace Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin consolidated his power by manipulating his opponents and playing them off against each other. One such example is that he lied to a sick Trotsky about the date of Lenin