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Page 7
... never more so than during the latter part of the eighteenth century . Great advances had been made in the technology of cannon design and in strategic theory , advances which Napoleon was to build on in the evolution of his own theories ...
... never more so than during the latter part of the eighteenth century . Great advances had been made in the technology of cannon design and in strategic theory , advances which Napoleon was to build on in the evolution of his own theories ...
Page 12
... never lost his grasp on the essentials of power , and if his ceremonials and his rewards pandered to greed and vanity then it was to the vanity of his subjects , and not to his own , that they addressed themselves . The Légion d'Honneur ...
... never lost his grasp on the essentials of power , and if his ceremonials and his rewards pandered to greed and vanity then it was to the vanity of his subjects , and not to his own , that they addressed themselves . The Légion d'Honneur ...
Page 16
... never permitted his ruling brothers to rule . He expected absolute obedience from them , and when he did not get it he raged . Indeed here may lie the answer to the quality and nature of his choices . He would rather appoint obedient ...
... never permitted his ruling brothers to rule . He expected absolute obedience from them , and when he did not get it he raged . Indeed here may lie the answer to the quality and nature of his choices . He would rather appoint obedient ...
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