by Elliot | Mar 16, 2025 | Lists
World leaders tend to be judged by how their accomplishments measure up to others. It’s all relative, you see. It was always going to be difficult for Lyndon Johnson to follow John F. Kennedy. For Anthony Eden to follow Winston Churchill. So too is this true for...
by Elliot | Dec 1, 2024 | Lists
Some say there can be no such thing as a good dictator. That the very nature of dictatorial rule is contrary to the conditions of a healthy modern society. Perhaps that is true, yet it should be obvious to all that not all dictators are made equal. Many dictators,...
by Elliot | Nov 4, 2024 | Asian Dictators
Norodom Sihanouk has the unique distinction of being a king turned dictator turned exile turned nationalist activist turned king in a restored monarchy. Through the years he was witness to multiple wars and seems to have lived multiple lives. Just one of such was that...
by Elliot | Jan 5, 2024 | Lists
There is a tendency to view dictators in a specific light – a strongman who seized power through illegal means. Shadowy figures who lurk in the dark, emerging only when their country is in crisis. For many dictators this is an accurate description. But no stereotype...
by Elliot | Dec 31, 2023 | African Dictators
Jean-Bedel Bokassa is by far the most flamboyant and audacious African dictator of all. That’s saying a lot considering Colonel Gaddafi is also in that category. Like Idi Amin he was rumored to be a cannibal. But unlike even Idi he had the gall to proclaim...
