When Tyrants Rule the World

King Wilhelm II of Prussia was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I. He gained a reputation as a militarist through his poorly advised newspaper interviews.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued that socialism is a superior government to that of capitalism through The Communist Manifesto.

Ho Chi Minh led the Vietnamese nationalist movement for more than three decades, fighting first against the Japanese, then the French, and then the US-backed South Vietnamese.

Modern day tyrants, Fidel Castro and Juan Peron, saw great economic growth in their countries, but at the cost of many civil liberties.