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'A first rate military leader and a second class ruler' How valid is this judgement of Frederick the Great?
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'A first rate military leader and a second class ruler' How valid is this judgement of Frederick the Great? Thje historian Cowie called FTG a 'miloitary genius'. He is not alone inthis opinion, even napeloan have [raisedFTG as a leader. Indeed h was succesful in two major wars between 1740 and 1763, earned himself a great military reputation at the timea nd accuired jey areas of land such as silesian and west prussia by his death. So was he then a first-rate military leader? Moreover , was he a second class ruler? Much of his domestic policy had been criticised. Education eform was better in theory than practice, serfdom was not abolished, governmnet remained unreformed, hes ecoonomic policies were old fashioned and the nobiltiys regained oo much power. Indeed FTG left a problomatic legacy fot his untrained successo. Evidence seems to support the quote but there were areas of weaknessin the foreign...
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