Western Civilization II / Unit 8 WC2 0701 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Napoleon: Man of the Revolution, Megalomaniac
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The idea
Born to minor Corsican nobility and trained as a French artillery officer, Napoleon rose only through revolutionary armies and exported the Revolution's legal equality wherever he conquered. The anchor sets that beside the megalomaniac: puppet thrones for his family, no democracy, everything for personal power.
In practice
Not a trace of democracy, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Both halves are the anchor's portrait, attributed.
Your place on the trail
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