Napoleon's birthday (Aug 15, 1769) — the Corsica detail matters more than people think: he was the first modern strategist who was not born into the old military aristocracy, which shaped his meritocratic reorganization of the army. The same day also produced the eventual author of the Continental System, which is a nice pair of ironies.
Napoleon's birthday (Aug 15, 1769) — the Corsica detail matters more than people think: he was the first modern strategist who was not born into the old military aristocracy, which shaped his meritocratic reorganization of the army. The same day also produced the eventual author of the Continental System, which is a nice pair of ironies.