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   Jun 8, 2018 · When writers contemplate the character of George Washington, they often quote Napoleon Bonaparte, who is supposed to have uttered the line “They wanted me to be another Washington.” The general who became a dictator and lost his empire reflects ruefully on the general who could have assumed a kingship, but did not.

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3. thisvsthat.io › napoleon-vs-washingtonNapoleon vs. Washington - What's the Difference? | This vs. That

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   While Napoleon was known for his ambitious military conquests and establishment of a vast empire in Europe, Washington is remembered for his leadership during the American Revolutionary War and his role as the first President of the United States.

4. www.reddit.com › r › AskHistoriansDo we know what Napoleon thought of George Washington?

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   Napoleon has Washington's whole career to draw on, while Washington had only the beginning of the latter. We certainly can say he knew of the man. Napoleon made the news for his doings as a military leader, before being First Consul, and his actions even directly impacted Washington's life.

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   The affair, however, did reveal that Washington had, temporarily at least, lost control of his command and, without much thought, allowed an encounter with the French to become a scene of violence. Read the 1754 Journal of Major George Washington.

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6. academic.oup.com › fh › articleWashington and Napoleon. Leadership in the Age of Revolution

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   Feb 25, 2013 · Both became towering political figures, of course, one as the first president of the United States, the other as the first Emperor of France. Both owed their rise to revolution, since they had been relative outsiders in the closed world of eighteenth-century elites.

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7. www.foreignaffairs.com › reviews › capsule-reviewWashington and Napoleon: Leadership in the Age of Revolution

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   Dec 27, 2012 · George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte are well suited to this approach. Both men were marginal figures who sought military glory as a means of social and political advancement, took power as politics were being reshaped by the Enlightenment, and sought to guide revolutionary upheavals along the path to stable systems.

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   Did Napoleon know George Washington?

   • Napoleon has Washington's whole career to draw on, while Washington had only the beginning of the latter. We certainly can say he knew of the man. Napoleon made the news for his doings as a military leader, before being First Consul, and his actions even directly impacted Washington's life.

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   How did Napoleon compare himself to Washington?

   • But Napoleon never compared himself to Washington in this way; rather, he expressed the idea that had he been in America instead of France, living in American conditions of relative peace and social tranquility, rather than in tumultuous Europe, then certainly he could have “become a Washington” and without much effort.

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   How much does Washington & Napoleon cost?

   • Washington and Napoleon. Leadership in the Age of Revolution | French History | Oxford Academic Washington and Napoleon. Leadership in the Age of Revolution Washington and Napoleon. Leadership in the Age of Revolution . Edited by . . . pp. £29.95. ISBN: 978 1 59797 278 9.

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   Was Napoleon lamenting that he was no George Washington?

   • Thus, Napoleon was not lamenting that he was no George Washington. Las Cases did not describe a stunned, sighing Napoleon on his deathbed. Las Cases reported this statement in his entry for November 29–30, 1815, more than five years before Napoleon died.

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   Was Napoleon Bonaparte a king?

   • When writers contemplate the character of George Washington, they often quote Napoleon Bonaparte, who is supposed to have uttered the line “They wanted me to be another Washington.” The general who became a dictator and lost his empire reflects ruefully on the general who could have assumed a kingship, but did not.

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   Was Washington a model Napoleon?

   • Well before Napoleon, praise of Washington was on the lips of the revolutionaries, and thus it was a model Napoleon was well aware of, and consciously worked to make use of for his own ends.

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9. oll.libertyfund.org › pages › images-of-liberty-andWashington and Napoleon in their Study | Online Library of ...

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   There are some striking parallels in the lives of George Washington (1732-1799) and Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821): both were military leaders who helped their countries during a revolution and both came to power as head of a republic which had shaken off the shackles of monarchy.