Napoleon a Great Military Leader
Tri Le
T. Major
English 98
Assignment 1
02/14/2011
In the Primitive society, human lived among each other in caves. They shared stuffs, which they hunted with each other. In the tribes, they still need a leader, who can guide them during those hunting journey. Time goes by, the develop of human society makes we need another type of leader who can dominant, confident, aggressive, creative, and long term view, etc. Many great leaders were born to guide the human society develop to higher level; but anything has two sides of it, and sometimes we have some leaders who tried to destroy the society. Those people are Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh, etc. there are many point of views, and arguments about who is the greatest leader. In my opinion, I think Napoléon Bonaparte is the greatest leader. This essay shows you about a brief summarize of Napoléon life, and reason why I choose him to be the greatest leader.
Napoleon was born on august, 15/1769, at Ajaccio, Corsica. He was the second child of the eight-child family (Mc,lynn, 1998). Napoleon was one of the greatest military minds in human history. Under his control, France became one of the strongest countries. Napoleon put a lot of effort into extending his empire all over Europe. He was a master in leadership, and tactics in warfare. He knew the best way to motivate his army. Napoleon’s leadership skills were proved during the revolutionary period with the siege of Toulon (Dwyer, 2008), and the first Italy campaign in 1796 (Andrew, 2001). In addition, his leadership skills were showed during the battles of Ulm, Austerlitz, and Jena during 1805-1806. Towards the end of his empire, the weaknesses of his leadership skills were mentioned. He was awarded the Marshal Baton for his leadership skills; but other opinions said that his successes belonged to his subordinates. During Napoleon’s life, he made some mistakes, such as invading Spain (Gates,
T. Major
English 98
Assignment 1
02/14/2011
In the Primitive society, human lived among each other in caves. They shared stuffs, which they hunted with each other. In the tribes, they still need a leader, who can guide them during those hunting journey. Time goes by, the develop of human society makes we need another type of leader who can dominant, confident, aggressive, creative, and long term view, etc. Many great leaders were born to guide the human society develop to higher level; but anything has two sides of it, and sometimes we have some leaders who tried to destroy the society. Those people are Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh, etc. there are many point of views, and arguments about who is the greatest leader. In my opinion, I think Napoléon Bonaparte is the greatest leader. This essay shows you about a brief summarize of Napoléon life, and reason why I choose him to be the greatest leader.
Napoleon was born on august, 15/1769, at Ajaccio, Corsica. He was the second child of the eight-child family (Mc,lynn, 1998). Napoleon was one of the greatest military minds in human history. Under his control, France became one of the strongest countries. Napoleon put a lot of effort into extending his empire all over Europe. He was a master in leadership, and tactics in warfare. He knew the best way to motivate his army. Napoleon’s leadership skills were proved during the revolutionary period with the siege of Toulon (Dwyer, 2008), and the first Italy campaign in 1796 (Andrew, 2001). In addition, his leadership skills were showed during the battles of Ulm, Austerlitz, and Jena during 1805-1806. Towards the end of his empire, the weaknesses of his leadership skills were mentioned. He was awarded the Marshal Baton for his leadership skills; but other opinions said that his successes belonged to his subordinates. During Napoleon’s life, he made some mistakes, such as invading Spain (Gates,
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