You may have heard of this person. As a young boy he spoke with a
lisp, and he wasn't much of a student. Early on, his somewhat cold
parents sent him away to boarding school. They didn't visit him all
that much, despite the boy's tear-stained letters home.

He went on to college at a military academy and eventually pursued a
career in journalism and politics. He soon became a very successful
politician and was asked to head up his country's navy during World
War I. Unfortunately, his impulsiveness and recklessness led to a
colossal military disaster. Our man was forced out of his job at the
navy as a result.

After the war, he switched political parties and became more and more
unpopular with his countrymen. By the 1930s, even his fellow party
members viewed him as an extremist because of his outdated views on
imperialism and the monarchy.