Essay, Research Paper: Leaders Of World War II

Leaders of World War II
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In the ancient world, the only way a person could become famous through out the
world was to be some sort of king, master warlord, or a descendent of a holy entity.
Monarchies, that last lasted long enough, kept the memories of their former leaders
alive, conquered peoples never forgot the names of their conquerors, and religions have
a knack for constantly worshiping the same divine prophets. Some remain of the
ancient celebrities are still famous to this day, many of them now shrouded in the mists
of time and have become slightly warped by literature and business. For example, the
charitable St. Nicholas, warped by language translations and commercialism, is now a
large gift giving elf by the name of Santa Claus. But in this day and age, where anyone
can record anything he or she wants to, will any of the present day lords and prophets
shine as brightly through the shroud of mythology and time as the ones of old?

In 500 years - providing anyone is still alive to care - a few men and women will stand
out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth century. If there is a group,
among them will be at least man involved in World War II. Roosevelt, Churchill, Tojo and
Hitler -especially Hitler - are all candidates for the group because of their involvements
in the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In this world,blood is a hard thing to
forget about. Which ones, and in what light they?ll be remembered in depends entirely
on the biases of historians and the abilities of governments to cover up the
embarrassing moments blemishing the memories of their leaders. So if the United States
is still around and as powerful as now in five centuries - and hopefully it will - F.D
Roosevelt will most likely be one of the mist breakers from the second world war
because of the American people?s great interest in the presidents involved in wars and
the governments talent for hiding less than flattering information from the world.

Roosevelt?s involvement in the great World War II allows him to fit ,comfortably, the
U.S standard of fighting presidents. Entering the war on the side of the Allies after a
sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt became a kind of vengeful hero,
fighting the good fight in the name of justice. In so doing he ended an economic slump
by gearing the nation up for war and won over the support of the public and businesses
who were very grateful for the new jobs. Roosevelt had started the U.S on a direct
path to becoming a world power as well as saving Europe and the Jews from the fascist
Nazis.

Even though he wasn?t perfect (he was crippled ) his domestic strategies were not too
well thought out ( started the national debt that is now around five trillion) and his
foreign policies were not pure of heart (allowing the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor
even though he knew it would happen ahead of time) his public relations committee did
an excellent job in painting him the savior of the world. The accepted and slightly
warped view people have of him today gives him the potential to be even more warped
in the future. Perhaps by the twenty fifth century the frail body of the powerful man
might give way to the talking brain in a glass jar that fought the nasty Fascists in spite
of not having a body. Never the less he will be known in the future and most likely
beloved.