Napoleon and de Gaulle France

Napoleon and de Gaulle FranceAn Australian Book Review Best Book of the Year One of France's most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history. Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratizing history, we have lost track of the outsized role that

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