08-23-2004, 08:03 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The suggestion here is that these men became great military leaders before the arrival of Napoleon on the scene<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well yes and no. You are right that the french revolution was well under way by the time young napoleon came on the scene and hijacked it later. But the fact remains he was the one who made most of them marshalls of France.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This has acute lessons for those in the Indian sub-continent who still believe in the ridiculous "Martial Races" theory! <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Absolutely. couldnt agree with you more.
Well yes and no. You are right that the french revolution was well under way by the time young napoleon came on the scene and hijacked it later. But the fact remains he was the one who made most of them marshalls of France.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This has acute lessons for those in the Indian sub-continent who still believe in the ridiculous "Martial Races" theory! <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Absolutely. couldnt agree with you more.