Throughout history, leadership has always played a huge role in determining a countries success. By having an influential leader, citizens of a nation are able to thrive in more than one way. Leadership allows growth, prosperity, organization, and control within a certain city, state, region, or country. In most countries, leadership is presented in the form of government. That is, an organization which has the governing authority or ruling power over the society, usually in the form of a political unit. There are many types of leadership styles when it comes to governing a country. Democracies, Monarchies, and Dictatorships are just a few types that come to mind when thinking about powerful people trying to lead a growing, populated
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When coming across an article on Pinochet, the first words I came across were, “Augusto Pinochet: Murderer or Savior? (Minster).” Augusto made his career out of being an army officer and military dictator in Chile from 1973 to 1990 and his power was obvious through inflation, poverty, and the authoritarianism he had over his opposed leaders (Minster). His early career as an army officer started when he turned 18. He entered military school and graduated as a Sub-Lieutenant. Because Chile was not at war, his rank rose quickly and although he never saw any action in combat during his entire career, he was an intellectual, lecturing at the War Academy for periods of time and authored five different books on politics and warfare. Later on in his career, Pinochet met Salvador Allende, a young Chilean senator who was a socialist. Their relationship grew and eventually, Pinochet was promoted to commander in chief of all Chilean armed forces on August 23, 1973 (Dinges, 47). What Allende didn’t know was that he shouldn’t have trusted Pinochet. With the people of Chile in the streets and the economy in shambles, the military, under Pinochet’s control, made a move to take over the government. “On September 11,1973, less than 20 days after he was made commander in chief of the army, Pinochet ordered his troops to take Santiago and ordered an air strike on the presidential palace” (Dinges, 76). This strike led to the death of Allende as he tried to defend the palace, and Pinochet was made part of a four-man ruling regime led by the commanders of the army, air force, police and navy. However, Pinochet doing what he was used to, ended up seizing power for himself, making him take a dictatorship rule. After taking over, Pinochet and Chile became heavily involved with an operation called Operation Condor, which consisted of a series of kidnappings, disappearances,
When coming across an article on Pinochet, the first words I came across were, “Augusto Pinochet: Murderer or Savior? (Minster).” Augusto made his career out of being an army officer and military dictator in Chile from 1973 to 1990 and his power was obvious through inflation, poverty, and the authoritarianism he had over his opposed leaders (Minster). His early career as an army officer started when he turned 18. He entered military school and graduated as a Sub-Lieutenant. Because Chile was not at war, his rank rose quickly and although he never saw any action in combat during his entire career, he was an intellectual, lecturing at the War Academy for periods of time and authored five different books on politics and warfare. Later on in his career, Pinochet met Salvador Allende, a young Chilean senator who was a socialist. Their relationship grew and eventually, Pinochet was promoted to commander in chief of all Chilean armed forces on August 23, 1973 (Dinges, 47). What Allende didn’t know was that he shouldn’t have trusted Pinochet. With the people of Chile in the streets and the economy in shambles, the military, under Pinochet’s control, made a move to take over the government. “On September 11,1973, less than 20 days after he was made commander in chief of the army, Pinochet ordered his troops to take Santiago and ordered an air strike on the presidential palace” (Dinges, 76). This strike led to the death of Allende as he tried to defend the palace, and Pinochet was made part of a four-man ruling regime led by the commanders of the army, air force, police and navy. However, Pinochet doing what he was used to, ended up seizing power for himself, making him take a dictatorship rule. After taking over, Pinochet and Chile became heavily involved with an operation called Operation Condor, which consisted of a series of kidnappings, disappearances,