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Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Although Plekhanov was the intellectual giant of Russian communism, he died only two years into the revolution. He was never happy with some of the pragmatic compromises the younger firebrand communist leaders were making from their ideals. By the time he passed away, most, especially the younger, communist leaders like Stalin saw him as an old obstructionist and he was never celebrated as a hero by the communists. It was Trotsky and older leaders like Lenin who appreciated him. See {590463}.
In 1864 Mariani combined Bordeaux wine with cocaine and sold the mixture throughout the world. For over 50 years it was a leading consumer product in Europe and the United States. President William McKinley was a user and praised the product. Two popes conferred the title of "Benefactor of Humanity" upon Mariani for his invention.
This is an incredibly prescient statement and was a century before there was general scientific perception of the criticality of the environment.
Under Truman’s leadership, the United States not only fed and clothed the victim nations of Western Europe but also did the same for the Germans. The Russians assisted the counties that they occupied and Eastern Germany but to a much lesser degree as the Russians themselves had suffered major destruction and 22 million dead in WWII. There is no case in history where a country, not only gave humanitarian aid to its defeated enemy but rebuilt their entire economy as we did for Germany, Japan and Italy at the end of WWII.
The Arabs again attacked Israel. Arab Artillery was set up and shelled Israel from Hebron, a major West Bank Arab City. The Israeli military then captured Hebron. On Ben-Gurion’s instructions, the city was returned. With the possible exception of the American Allies after WWII there has been no other modern war where captured territory of the aggressive loser was so rapidly returned to the aggressor.
