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Who was the strategic thinker and naval war college professor who developed the theory of the sea power?
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What sort of person was Joseph Goebbels?
Goebbels was a man of letters, quite brilliant and as that implies, a writer. The Goebbels diaries, in translation, in part ( much was lost during the post-war and so-called De-Nazification period) survive and make intriguing reading. In several hundred pages of writing, Goebbels uses the term Nazi only once or twice! Of course when he speaks of the Party the Nazi one is understood. At times he seems to have been fairly religious ( judged from his writings). Goebbels served the Nazi Cause well as Propaganda Minister ( No equivalent US posting) and also Gauleiter ( county executive) of Greater Berlin. Goebbels was the main Nazi Ideologue or thinker- and surely he wrote materials which were verbally expounded (and expanded) on by Hitler himself. Goebbels coined the term Total War in the Nazi context. He also pushed the semi-comic Kohlenklau ( Coal Thief) concept used in a wartime fuel-economy drive- yes energy conservation in Nazi Germany. These used a comic cartoon character and the phrase Kohlenklau Kommft! ( The coal thief is coming!) or maybe more colloquial- Watch out- Here comes the Kohlenklau!~
How do you compare the political leadership of Lincoln and Davis during the Civil War?
Lincoln was a brilliant and supple thinker, who had a particularly clear understanding of what times he was living in.Davis was an old-style aristocrat of noble character, but no real insight into either military or political problems.NEW ANSWER:When it came to Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, they were alike in some ways, and different in others. Both men served in the United States Senate. Lincoln talked about a "house divided among itself," meaning the union should stay united. Davis, who served under President Franklin Pierce, as Secretary of War, no longer advocated secession, but, he defended the rights of the South and slavery.When it came to military or war, Davis had more experience than Lincoln. Lincoln never served in the United States Military. However, Davis attended and graduated from the US Military Academy, in 1828. Davis' Army career took him to Forts Howard and Crawford on the Wisconsin frontier. He fought in campaigns against the Indians, and took charge of Indian prisoner removal after the Black Hawk War. Davis resigned from the Army in 1835.Abraham Lincoln was a very smart and great communicator with the general public. Which is why Lincoln got many of the things he wanted through Congress. But, Jefferson Davis was educated and had organizational smarts. As Secretary of War, Davis improved and enlarged the Army during his term. He introduced and improved infantry tactics, and brought in new and better weapons. He organized engineer companies to explore routes for railroads from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. He even tried the experiment of importing camels for Army use in western deserts.Neither Lincoln, nor Davis wanted war or to end slavery in the beginning. Both men were content to leave slavery as it was when Lincoln, first took office in 1861. However, it was Lincoln's plan to end slavery from being allowed to enter any further territories or new states. Davis hoped Lincoln would ask him to be the commander of the Union Army. But, the South left the Union, Davis resigned his seat in the Senate. Then he was elected as the President of the Confederate States of America. Lincoln would change his mind about slavery, but not until 2 years later.
Hitler 'political genius'?
Hitler did not advance human understanding in the field of political science, except as a historical footnote. While cunning, highly organized, and very charismatic, these qualities do not qualify him as a genius.__Hitler had above average intelligence, but few scholars would argue that Hilter was an original thinker, much less a bonafide genius (militarily, politically, or otherwise). If one studies the history of World War II, one will see that he made some arguably unwise decisions (aganist the judgment of his military council) in regard to his alliance to Italy and opposition to Russia. Some believe that if Hitler did not turn Germany against Russia, Germany would have won the war. However, that is actually very unlikely (or impossible) based on the information provided below.Time Table:Hitler committed suicide in April of 1945.In July of 1945 the United States tested the first atomic weapon.Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in August of 1945.Based on the time table above it should be clear that if Hitler had not directed Germany to attack Russia, Germany would obviously still have lost World War II. The allies had perfected the atomic bomb and would have used it against Germany, annihilating the German military and laying waste to the entire country's infrastructure for centuries.Fortunately, Hitler attacked the Soviet Union (against the advice of his own military council). The Soviets swiftly wiped-out the Nazis, saving Eastern Europe from significant radioactive fallout.As far as his Hitler's measurable intellect, consider the following:Adolf Hitler never took an IQ test in his life. There are no credible academic sources claiming that he did. During the Nuremberg Trails several Nazi officers took a crude IQ test and none of them scored as high as 145, therefor it is highly unlikely that Hitler (with a high school education and former rank of corporal in the German military) would have been any more intelligent than his officers.His literary accomplishments amount to one finished book, an unfinished manuscript, and several documents that were dictated before he committed suicide. None of this work is recognized as being particularly creative or having advanced human understanding.
How did bin laden became powerful?
you can thank good ol george bush and the rest of the government for that. in the 70's during the afghan/russian war, the cia secretly trained mujihadeen fighters to stop the soviets. the capitalists wanted the communists to look bad and weak for loosing against afghanistan osama was a high ranking mujihadeen commander, the reason he was made a commander was because he was already rich and influential because of his dads business. his dad muhammed bin laden had the largest construction company in the middle east. the net worth was around 300 BILLION! and he was also already a bush family business partner. so the cia made him there top middle eastern asset. the cia taught him everything from how to make ieds and skillfully shooting guns, to being a good tactical thinker (probably how he was able to do 9/11 with government help) after the war, the bin laden family became good business partners with the bush family. before bush became the president, he started a small and relatively crappy oil company called arbusto. it was good at basically drilling dry holes in texas, so it was about to go out of business.you would think that bush would get his money to save the company from his already rich and controversial dad, but he didn't. he got his money from the bin laden family who were his top investors. at the same time, george bushes dad became a bin laden investor. because the bin laden family owned the largest construction business in the middle east. this money from the bin ladens basically saved bush jr.'s career. eventually once arbusto got back on it's feet, it merged with harken energy. bush became a top salesman for the company. however, the economy was already headed for the toilet, so harken sent a memo to all employees, stating to not sell any harken stock to investors for fear of lawsuits. but bush did anyway, he sold 950,000 dollars of stock. later, harken lost over 150 million dollars which almost sent harken into bankruptcy. a creative ponzi scheme if you think about it. when bush was governor of texas, taliban leaders had a meeting with oil company executives, discussing an oil pipeline that would extend from the caspian sea, all down through turkmenistan, afghanistan, and pakistan where it would flow into the arabian sea, get picked up by saudi oil rigs, and givin the saudi arabia where it would be exported by saudi arabia to every country apart of nato. all this, plus bush is an admitted member of the skull and bones secret society at yale. even on national tv, he said its so secret he can't say anymore other than that he was a member while at yale, along with his dad. its obviously something corrupt, because alot of people leave that club as instantly rich politicians. anyway, the taliban disagreed with the pipes, so the gov needed an excuse to invade afghanistan and forcefully install it. 9/11. which they then used there scapegoat osama bin laden, to blame it on and invade afghanistan. drugs are another main reason for the invasion, afghanistan is the largest producer of poppy plants in the world. if military goes in and lets harvesters get the plants, they can transport it out of afghan, to mexican drug cartels. there, the cartels ship it across the border, where it floods the streets with drugs and violence. making it easier for laws to restrict our rights even more, and effectivly turn america into a police state. also, poppy plants turn into opium, which turns into herion, which turns into MORPHINE! hospitals use it for pain relief more than any other drug out there. without this stuff pharmisutical companys and hospitals would go out of business. and the taliban made it hard, they were burning poppy fields for religous reasons. labeling taliban as an enemy for harboring bin laden and other high ranking member of al qaeda like al zarqawi( iraqi based al qaeda lieutenant) and ayman al-zawahiri ( al qaeda second in command leader and bin laden personal doctor) is a great way to let the mass media and the public hate them, and want war even more in the middle east. i also doubt hes even dead, first of all, they have 1 photoshoped picture of him dead, they dumped him in the ocean(good excuse to not have to show they have no body) and the seals who did it were all killed 3 weeks later by "taliban revenge" attack with an rpg on the chinook helicopter carrying them. so you have your answer, osama is highly trained, tactical genious, and super rich because of "THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH" terrorism? please....
