"Under idealism nothing exists except the mind. Whoever controls the mind controls everything. Therein lies the secret of absolute power- (Rapoport 1989) Has this method been used by most of the well known bloodiest dictators in history? The answer is most definitely "yes!- Every man is a maker of history; in fact, some man not only left a mark on those they knew through life, but they left a lasting impression on the entire world. These men claimed to want only stability; furthermore, they claimed to view revolution with horror, yet they were themselves in a sense, the most ruthless revolutionaries the world had ever seen. From the perspective of the future, the differences among all forms of violent political extremists will always blur. Of the many influential leaders whose dictatorship soaked in blood no only their countries but the world it self, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini share such ruthlessness and hideous crimes in the annals of history.
There are many reasons why Napoleon Bonaparte was indeed a ruthless warlord (dictator). To begin, after most of his battles, many cities were totally destroyed whether it was by him or by his enemies. Most cities in Russia were destroyed by the Russian themselves as to avoid leaving any goods for Napoleon. Russians intended to leave nothing for the enemy, so they raid through the country destroying all the villages and all source of resources; to illustrate, Kovno, Vilna, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Viasna, Gzatsk, Borodino and Moscow were among the cities brought down to ruins. Second, Napoleon was an unmerciful militant commander. Many of his soldiers died due to his orders to continue through such cold temperatures. While fighting with the Russians, many French soldiers died due to starvation and the freezing temperatures, for none of the French were issued any gear for the winter. Tired men dropped in their tracks and pushed to the side of the road were lost forever, and the wounded were left behind.