BEGINNINGS and origins are important. They shed light on what comes later. If we take, for example, the book of Beginnings called Genesis in the Bible, we see human nature in the raw: political machination and the lust for power are there from the start. People prepared to kill other people . . . I […]
This is the second of two essays by Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley on the lessons the modern-day world can learn from Napoleon’s successes and ultimate failure. These follow on from his review of Ridley Scott’s historically inaccurate film published on Saturday. Yesterday’s Part 1 examined strategy, past and present. Today’s focuses on the limits of power them and now. ‘IT […]
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