Correlations between Leadership and World Events
Since the beginning of time, governments have played a major role concerning the well being of its people. The very concept of having a government was to provide stability and safety to all those who reside in a certain area. Whether one leans left or right politically is irrelevant, both sides understand the job of having a government fundamentally comes down to providing a basic, moral framework that provides safety and economic stability, not just for their own citizens, but to the world as well. Unfortunately, there have been far too many cases throughout of the contrary. From relatively recent events, to events that took place hundreds of years ago, there have been times throughout history where a lack of good leadership or bad leadership choices led to major world events. This motif has proven itself to be a common one throughout history, with modern events …show more content…
The seven years war was a conflict between England and France in the 18th century, and it resulted in France suffering a massive economic blow after they lost. This made things worse for the people of France who were already poor. While this war didn’t directly lead to the collapse of the government like it did for the Afghan-Soviet war, it weakened France massively, and played a role in the start of the French revolution, which came with its own set of hardships. Also, just like the Fall of the Soviet union led to the rise of a new government, so too did the Seven years war, in a way. The final battle of the 7 years war, the battle of Saratoga, led directly to the American revolution, bringing about the birth of the world’s most powerful nation. However, the biggest trait these two events have is that both the Soviet Union and France made costly wartime decisions that affected the lives of it’s people, proving to be more examples of how leadership decisions affect
Since the beginning of time, governments have played a major role concerning the well being of its people. The very concept of having a government was to provide stability and safety to all those who reside in a certain area. Whether one leans left or right politically is irrelevant, both sides understand the job of having a government fundamentally comes down to providing a basic, moral framework that provides safety and economic stability, not just for their own citizens, but to the world as well. Unfortunately, there have been far too many cases throughout of the contrary. From relatively recent events, to events that took place hundreds of years ago, there have been times throughout history where a lack of good leadership or bad leadership choices led to major world events. This motif has proven itself to be a common one throughout history, with modern events …show more content…
The seven years war was a conflict between England and France in the 18th century, and it resulted in France suffering a massive economic blow after they lost. This made things worse for the people of France who were already poor. While this war didn’t directly lead to the collapse of the government like it did for the Afghan-Soviet war, it weakened France massively, and played a role in the start of the French revolution, which came with its own set of hardships. Also, just like the Fall of the Soviet union led to the rise of a new government, so too did the Seven years war, in a way. The final battle of the 7 years war, the battle of Saratoga, led directly to the American revolution, bringing about the birth of the world’s most powerful nation. However, the biggest trait these two events have is that both the Soviet Union and France made costly wartime decisions that affected the lives of it’s people, proving to be more examples of how leadership decisions affect