Lao-tzu and Machiavelli are political philosophers writing in two different lands and two different times. ... They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. ... Lao-tzu's advice issues from detached view of a universal ruler; Machiavelli's advice is very personal perhaps demanding. ... According to Machiavelli war should be the only thing on a prince's mind, because if a prince give more thought to personal luxuries than war he could lose his state and position. ... Perhaps Lao-tzu and Machiavelli's political view is to...

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This isn't a new idea, it's at the heart of almost every war, and it occurs today, but the significance of Hitler's belief in this idea was that he was the first leader to employ such a philosophy after the world had begun to view such ideas as evil. 3. ... Stalin's Soviet Union was a major factor in the defeat of Hitler in World War Two, and Stalin emerged from the war as leader of one of the world's two superpowers, quickly building a 'Communist Bloc' in Eastern Europe. 4. ... Machiavelli Though he was well-known for his political book, "The Pri...

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