Person Of The Century

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Time magazine offered Albert Einstein, but Charles Krauthammer in his book "Things That Matter" thinks the only possible answer is WINSTON CHURCHILL and gives some very interesting reasons why.
 

Difficult, but I think it must be Queen Victoria.

Her world influence continued, through her descendants, long after her death, and in Europe even longer.
 
Laurie said:
Difficult, but I think it must be Queen Victoria.

Her world influence continued, through her descendants, long after her death, and in Europe even longer.
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Wrong century, though. Time Magazine Person of the (last) Century - 1900s.

And I'm sure they don't mean this century.
 
To be honest, if we're looking for those who had most influence on the world right up today, Adolf Hitler must be in the running.

Many of today's European borders are the result of his machinations, and if he had not existed neither would the EU in its current form.

I doubt that US foreign policy would have followed the same course, and the state of Israel probably not exist.
 
Laurie said:
To be honest, if we're looking for those who had most influence on the world right up today, Adolf Hitler must be in the running.

Many of today's European borders are the result of his machinations, and if he had not existed neither would the EU in its current form.

I doubt that US foreign policy would have followed the same course, and the state of Israel probably not exist.
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Good point. He had a huge influence, arguably more than anyone else. Wonder if the magazine cares whether the person's influence was good or evil.
 
Ameriscot said:
Here's are just a few reasons Churchill should not be Person of the Century. Most Americans only know about him and WWII, not other things he did as PM.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29701767
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I saw a movie about Churchill recently, and it was a fairly new one. The Gathering Storm. Albert Finney played Churchill. And a sequel, Into The Storm, with Brendan Gleeson as Churchill. They portrayed the Old Bulldog warts and all, though not all his warts, probably.

FDR led the US entering WWII, and he and his generals bumbled horribly at first. Setting WWII aside, I don't see FDR being Person of the Century either.

But I don't know what Time's criteria is.
 
In the industrial areas of Scotland and Wales Churchill was hated almost as much as Margaret Thatcher.

There were certainly areas of Wales which were no-go areas for him.

He was almost solely responsible for the Gallipoli debacle, and his obsession with the Balkans nearly led to the loss of Egypt when he denuded the North African reserves in an always doomed attempt to save Greece.
 
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