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Article: Napoleon: a Political Life.(Book Review)
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- Parameters
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- December 22, 2004
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Napoleon: A Political Life. By Steven Englund. New York: Scribner, 2004. 575 pages. $35.00. Reviewed by Colonel James P. Herson, Jr., Director, Commander's Advisory Group, US Central Command.
Steven Englund has succeeded in producing one of the most definitive works on the political philosophy, growth, methodology, and hubris of Napoleon Bonaparte seen in modern times. This work may become, in the political sense, what David Chandler's opus work, The Campaigns of Napoleon, is recognized as in the military.
Most contemporary works focus on Napoleon's battlefield prowess and broad impact on European warfare and landscape; Englund however, takes a different ...