Hitler and The Prince

When Machiavelli wrote The Prince in the 1500's, I do not think that he intended his ideas to travel to the twentieth century. Some very important figures out of the twentieth century used basic ideals from The Prince to obtain their place in power. One of these individuals was Adolf Hitler. He used numerous Machiavellian ideas to win his respective place in Germany's government. The two most important Machiavellian principles that Hitler used were winning …

…of the people for almost anything that he wanted to accomplish. He obtained this faith from the people by winning them over through his powerful and convincing public speeches, and through his convincing promises. The German people thought that Hitler was going to do something to change the current state of the nation. Instead Hitler took the nation and made it go into whatever direction that he pleased, which was eventually into another world war.