No, I don’t mean the Nazi dictator was a good person. He did bring disasters to a good many people and fail miserably at the end. Nonetheless, there is much to learn from his terrific skill in leadership, politics, as well as military strategy. If you take aside his wicked aim, Hitler was immensely successful in leading his people to the destiny that he chose.
Or, we may phrase the question in another way: Is the Pied Piper of Hamelin a good leader?
We should appreciate his brain but despise his heart.
PS. Seriously, the failure of Hitler has very little to do with poor leadership. Some are poor military strategy, others merely bad luck. For example, if he did focus on the western front and form a better alliance with Hideki Tojo (東條英機) so that the Japanese army caught the attention of Stalin, things would have evolved in a very different direction.
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