In history, the following leaders faced tremendous challenges and failed to meet them. The result is that each of their regimes ended and they became their regime's last effective rulers.
Many historians have blamed the failures on the leaders themselves even while acknowledging the challenges they inherited and faced when they assumed power.
So in your opinion, which of the following leaders was "most inept" and most to blame for their regime's failures?
1 King Louis XVI of France (1774-1792)
2 Empress Dowager Cixi of China (1861-1908)
3 Emperor Nicolas II of Russia (1894-1917)
4 General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of USSR (1985-1991)
Note that the one you rate as "most inept" needs to take into account both the leader's own "incompetence" as well as the level of challenge they faced and not simply the end result. So perhaps another way to look at this is which leader "underachieved" the most and shoulders most of the blame for the failure of their regimes?
Many historians have blamed the failures on the leaders themselves even while acknowledging the challenges they inherited and faced when they assumed power.
So in your opinion, which of the following leaders was "most inept" and most to blame for their regime's failures?
1 King Louis XVI of France (1774-1792)
2 Empress Dowager Cixi of China (1861-1908)
3 Emperor Nicolas II of Russia (1894-1917)
4 General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of USSR (1985-1991)
Note that the one you rate as "most inept" needs to take into account both the leader's own "incompetence" as well as the level of challenge they faced and not simply the end result. So perhaps another way to look at this is which leader "underachieved" the most and shoulders most of the blame for the failure of their regimes?