Joseph Stalin & Mao Tse-Tung
Josef Stalin is perhaps the most praised, reviled and recognised dictator in the modern world. His influence as such has reached across the globe, affecting leaders and citizens alike. Many of his techniques have been adopted by prominent leaders, today and in the past. One such example is fellow socialist Mao Tse-tung. Mao can fairly be regarded as the principal architect of the new China. His Marxist philosophies and strong leadership formed one of the strongest nations in the world. However, the similarities between Stalin and Tse-tung reach further than these surface facts. With the death of Vladimir Lenin, the struggle for authority within the USSR narrowed to a contest between Trotsky, the brilliant leader of the Red Armies during the Civil War, and Stalin, general secretary of the Communist Party. Stalin eventually emerged as virtual dictator of Russia. In order to consolidate his position, he gradually built up a cult of personality around himself, one which would eventually (and literally) let him get away with murder. According to composer Dimitri Shostakovich, Stalin was “an ordinary, shabby little man: short, fat, with reddish hair. His face was covered with pock marks and his right hand was noticeably thinner t
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Approximate Word count = 1204
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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