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4 pages in length. Napoleon Bonaparte was a man with an agenda, a ruler with a design for defeat. How he went about reaching his objective is found in the manner by which he both continued and broke from the aims of his revolutionary predecessors. The battleground was where much of his prowess was either in support of or in opposition to those who set the path before him. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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found in the manner by which he both continued and broke from the aims of his revolutionary predecessors. The battleground was where much of his prowess was either in
support of or in opposition to those who set the path before him. One battle in particular involving Kray, Melas, Moreau, Vienna and the Rhine had Napoleon reaching for a
victory that could only come from ignoring "all the vexing details which would pass for essentials with men of less ability" (Sloane et al, 1910, p. 163). This penchant
for disregard was reflected in the plan he devised that would ultimately establish a surprise intersection with Moreau whereby Napoleons army would have the advantage over Kray to "cut off
his connections, and, taking his army in the rear, either capture or annihilate it" (Sloane et al, 1910, p. 163). This approach required five specific principles of strategy that,
as Sloane et al (1910) point out, stood in "sharpest contrast with those of his great predecessor Frederick" (p. 163). Napoleon routinely defied authority as well as the aims of
his predecessors, often creating a situation where both entities were disobeyed at the same time. One example is found in the ongoing quest to break the Austrian-Sardinian alliance where
Napoleon decided the previous directions given to predecessor General Scherer to attack the left flank of Sardinia did not warrant his compliance since it had not worked any of the
previous times it was attempted. This perception led Napoleon to further defy his governments position of destroying the Austrian/Sardinian alliance through Austria first by acknowledging the logical of its
tactical approach but inevitably following his own advance toward Sardinia in the initial attack. In the same battle, however, Napoleon harkened back to the aims of his predecessors by
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