Concluding post

In Grace’s final post she concludes that Peter the Great and Hitler were both totalitarian dictators, differing because they ruled in different time periods. While this is untrue simply for how different Hitler and Peter the Great were, I agree with Grace’s point about the evolution of Totalitarian governments. As Grace pointed out, the goal of all Three dictators, Napoleon included was to “persuade the public...exhibit their power and insure that their power is cemented in history.” All three dictators definitely succeeded in this goal.

My research on Napoleon has led me to regard Napoleon as a short fused, conniving man, always eager to prove himself to the world. This image of him is his stereotypical characterization, he is after all napoleonic. From his rise to power to his views on government and civil liberty, Napoleon changed Europe. He removed class distinctions, thereby created the “modern” state, which led to the possibility of totalitarian tyrants such as Hitler.