Who was the greatest leader of the 20th century?

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I personally think it's Churchill, with FDR a close second - but (not exactly an earthshaking suprise 'round these parts) you've left off Ghandi. Ho Chi Mihn also deserves a place on 20th century lists - and no, I am not an admirer of him, but his successors are still around whereas those of Hitler and Stalin are not.

Ghandi would appear on my list well above Hitler, who had some short-term success but was unable to build anything that could be sustained. His decision to take on the Soviet Union without first securing a committment from the Japanese to join him may very well be the most (fortunate) collosal blunder of the 20th century - while others may argue that his decision to declare war on America also ranks up there, I'll agree it "weren't too bright", but it was more a matter of form than substance. My father was hunting German submarines off the coast of Canada in the U.S. Coast Guard by the fall of 1940.

From the perspective of American politics, KK is partially correct - Nixon/Mitchell did finish off a process that was already underway - but as much credit for that has to go to the rise of the neoconservative movement as exmplified by Buckley, Goldwater, Reagan, et al. I think she's giving him far too much credit, and putting him a list on the greatest leaders of the 20th century is preposterous.