"The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Napoleon Bonaparte" Topic

"The mere mention of Napoleon Bonaparte stirs emotions. He was indeed one of the ‘greatest military minds' in the history of warfare. The events of his life have fuelled the imaginations of historians, literary figures, commanding officers, film makers and students alike. Both the endless praise and profound criticisms heaped on such an iconic figure have contributed significantly to the expansion of the Napoleonic legend.

Napoleon possessed an unbelievable range of intellectual ability. His powers of concentration were enormous as was his memory for details and facts. This insatiable thirst and ability to absorb knowledge gave him the ability to work for long periods continually. Standing at only 5'2″ he was a brilliant military strategist who was both admired and feared. His genius lay in the fact that he did not revolutionize the warfare itself but excelled at refining the existing art. Drastic changes in reforms were not proposed; rather he employed new ways to make things work. Taking interest in the smallest measures under his command he used his mental abilities to think out military problems days or even months in advance, a trait that proved invaluable on battle fields where he perplexed the opposing armies with his military strategies'. He always thought of different ways to approach a job or task at hand. Fusion of battle with maneuver was his greatest contribution to the art of war. Insisting on speed and mobility; the basic features of his campaign, he introduced a system of army corps capable of holding off superior forces until help arrived. He streamlined the system to achieve a higher degree of proficiency allowing for greater mobility and thus greater advantage over his opponents…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Armand, why post a link to an essay by a university student that is being used by an essay-writing service to promote its morally dubious operation to other students? That is not even plagiarism, just downright cheating!

And you know what happens on this board when the Corsican Ogre is mentioned…

Not inspiring when he gets NB's height right off the bat.

Glup!…

Amicaelment
Armand

Does it expose his desperation?
-recreating 'regimental' artillery batteries (twice-ish)?
-engaging the 'old' regime families in fanciful uniforms and tasks (twice at least)?
-re-recreating manpower for regiments by advance-conscription; mixing of manpower to create faux-regiments (called legions/ demi-brigades/ provisoire/ de-marche) etc.
-not trusting his commanders sufficiently and allowing critical 'projects' as important as artillery 'reform' to go cold and wither.

While I'm a fan, it does appear there were serious discrepencies in the 'one-handed management' principle…

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Uni Student essays are passing as historical sources now?