Rabu, 30 Agustus 2017

Decisions: Napoléon’s Dash to Jena

No general in history has a greater reputation for decisiveness than Napoléon Bonaparte. As a military leader he was the consummate man of action. He outthought contemporaries, not just in breadth of knowledge but by the lightning quickness of his mind. Napoléon was capable of instantly retrieving minor details or pieces of information to decisive …

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