Essays Tagged: "great leaders"
Marijuana...
Monroe, and many others.John F. Kennedy smoked it to relieve his back pain. Also, many of America's greatleaders were hemp farmers. This includes good ol' George Washington. Archeologistsbelieve that ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Aeneas: the Man, the Myth, the Legend
From the beginning to the end, the Roman Empire established itself as one of the greatest empires ever. At the pinnacle of its empire, it stretched from most of Europe to Northern A ... hed from most of Europe to Northern Africa and Asia Minor. Such accomplishments were shaped by many great leaders of that time period including, but not limited to, Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, ... mited to, Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and many others. To Romans, many of these leaders were great because their leadership spurred from their willingness to submit to the gods. Aeneas, unlike ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Golda Mier
New York. Chelsea House Publishers,1985.The state of Israel, established on May 14, 1948, had many great leadersthat helped it to become a state. One of them was Golda Meir. Golda Meir wasone of the ... ted to.I think that the authors of this book did an excellent job in writing it. Thisbook goes into great detail in describing the early life of Golda Mabovich. In myopinion, this book didn't have any ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
The Life of George Washington
During the last 300 years that people have been living in America, the United States has had many great leaders and George Washington is the greatest of all. While Abraham Lincoln may be remembered ... m Lincoln may be remembered as the greatest president, and Robert E. Lee or Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest general, George Washington was the most important figure the country has ever known. Washin ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Deng Xiaoping
China has a long history with several great leaders, but none of those leaders have even come close to being as great as Deng Xiaoping. De ... ent would do a better job of running the country. During the Nationalist- Communist Civil War, Deng greatly influenced the outcome in favor of the Communists by using effective military strategy. Deng ... on, to 1976 when Deng Xiaoping's superior, Mao Tse-tung dies, Deng Xiaoping did several things that greatly influence China. However, most of what happens to China during that period should be credite ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Reasons the American civil rights movement began to falter during the late 1960's.includes summerys about Malcolm X,Hewy Newton, Martin Luther King,and Stokely Carmichael.
uring the mid- 1960s were split into two main types. Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael were great leaders in the antiviolence movement. King and Carmichael preached for a non-violent movement ... m and started his own organization, the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which vowed to promote greater harmony among all nationalities and races. He was warned repeatedly that some of his former ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Hitler
ler who brought Germany back to the top of European powers after the lose of World War One did many great things for Germany but in the end he was too much like all the other great leaders who tried t ... s too much like all the other great leaders who tried to take over the world. Hitler like the other great leaders made too many mistakes, which led to his countries downfall and eventual lose of the w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
Some good reason to Hitler's good side.
The end of World War I created many great opportunities for some of the greater countries in the world. For these countries to aspire in ... ome of the greater countries in the world. For these countries to aspire into greatness they needed great leaders that had great qualities. So who would be a great leader to bring a country back into ... government to be very difficult to deal with and also humiliating to people of such pride.Hitler's great success should be attributed to his personality type. Looking at Hitler's childhood it is very ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
Cuba and United states.
t amendment. The other country you can die for just speaking what you believe in. One country has a great economic system and the other is living in poverty surviving from selling illegal narcotics an ... selling illegal narcotics and other illegal activities.This country, land of the free, America is a great country led and shaped by many great leaders throughout the past from the 1700's to present da ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Comparing and contrasting the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington
Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booke ... iever in excellence. He encouraged African-Americans to work hard, regardless of their careers. The greater difference between the two was their political views. Both Du Bois and Washington wanted Afr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Marie Antoinette, A Great Leader.
Marie Antoinette, A Great LeaderBy : Sarah JoanEvery leader throughout history has effected the world in some way. Regar ... y. Regardless if it was positive or negative, short-term or long-term, they did have an impact. The greatest leaders are remembered throughout history and the rest of time. The worst leaders are the o ... ed for all time as the leader who messed up. There are different opinions as to what really makes a great leader, but something that they all have in common is their ability to do what they think need ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The Impact that Emily Staton had on the Women's Sufferage movement (with bibliography)
were not born of white male decent, than that phrase did not apply to you. During this period many great leaders and reformers emerged, fighting both for the rights of African Americans and for the r ... merged, fighting both for the rights of African Americans and for the rights of women. One of these great leaders was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton dedicated her entire life to the women's movement; ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Are Leaders Born or Made a discussion of various leadership models and the factors that make a good leader.
IntrodutionThere have been many great leaders throughout the ages Napoleon, Churchill, Mandela. However great leaders are often thou ... hich we now consider crucial for the smooth running of business and politics. More often than not a great leader is considered to be male, this is also implicated in that fact that even if a leader is ... . Management skills and abilities are essential for any good leader however the question arises are great leaders born or created. Indeed what makes a great leader, what are the qualities/skills which ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
Leadership Skills for Women: Developing the Leader in You
Someone once suggested that great leaders were born, not made. Women today arguably have more opportunities for greatness than e ... opportunities for many women. Still many barriers threaten a woman's ability to answer the call of greatness upon her life.If you are no longer content with the misguided attempts to be every woman b ... e very powerful and they play a major role as a leader. John Maxwell explains that thinking has the greatest leverage on performance. Maxwell suggests that by opening your mind and changing the way yo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
A comparison of W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington.
infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house."-Booker T. WashingtonTwo great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were W.E.B. DuBois an ... wanted improvement in the quality of life for the black Americans of their time, Washington focused greatly on economic prosperity while DuBois took the more radical stance and strove for complete int ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Leadership
itial response was to identify the common characteristics, attributes, traits, and competencies of "great" leaders, past and present, in order to identify similarities, differences, patterns, and tren ... ere aren't any. Next, I attempted to break leadership down into elemental parts. Again failure. One great leader's strength was another equally successful leader's weakness. The defining characteristi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
The Canterbury Tales: Camparison between the Knight of Canterbury and King Arthur
e Canterbury Tales and King Arthur portray this chivalric and modest demeanor, and still hold to be great leaders and heroes among their societies. One who both lacks fear, and has the upmost courtesy ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Robber Baron or Industrial statesmen To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865- 1900 era as either "robber barons" or "industrial statesmen"?
In the era following the Civil War, Industrialization had many leaders. These leaders achieved the great feat of booming the growth of the economy and industry of the United States and its citizens t ... its citizens to become the leading industrial power in the world. As historians have reviewed their great achievements historians have become critics questioning how honest the fortunes of these leade ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Bloodiest Days in Georgia, It describes the days leading up to and of The Battle of Chickamuaga during the civil war.
Union, General William Rosecran, and for the Confederates General Braxton Bragg. Both generals were great leaders. General William Rosecran (1819-1898) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West ... Rosecran (1819-1898) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint in 1842. He led several great battles. General Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) also graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at We ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Leadership
or the people he or she is leading, and then there are the ones that are bad as humans but they are great leaders. So what really makes a great leader? Aspects that make people leaders would in ... d leaders. Take Hitler for instance, he was a terrible human for killing all those Jews, but he had great speaking skills that must have been unbelievable because he got all those people to believe th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers