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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393050092
ISBN-139780393050097
eBay Product ID (ePID)1768614
Product Key Features
Book TitleNapoleon and His Collaborators : the Making of a Dictatorship
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicEurope / France, Europe / Western, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorIsser Woloch
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-062230
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal944.05/092 B
SynopsisThe Eighteenth Brumaire, November 9, 1799: with France in political and economic turmoil, a group of disaffected politicians enlisted the talented general Napoleon Bonaparte to lead a coup d'etat and establish "confidence from below, authority from above." This is the story of how Napoleon managed his ascent from general of the Republic and first consul to dictator and conqueror of Europe. Napoleon did not vault into the imperial throne but moved toward dictatorship gradually; each assertion of new power came gilded with a veneer of legality and a rhetoric of commitment to the ideals of 1789. In this fashion Napoleon not only gained the upper hand over his partners of Brumaire but also retained their loyalty and services going forward. Far from shunting aside those collaborators, he put them to use in ways that satisfied their most emphatic needs: political security, material self-interest, social status, and the opportunity for high-level public service., The Eighteenth Brumaire, November 9, 1799: with France in political and economic turmoil, a group of disaffected politicians enlisted the talented general Napoleon Bonaparte to lead a coup d'etat and establish confidence from below, authority from above. This is the story of how Napoleon managed his ascent from general of the Republic and first consul to dictator and conqueror of Europe. Napoleon did not vault into the imperial throne but moved toward dictatorship gradually; each assertion of new power came gilded with a veneer of legality and a rhetoric of commitment to the ideals of 1789. In this fashion Napoleon not only gained the upper hand over his partners of Brumaire but also retained their loyalty and services going forward. Far from shunting aside those collaborators, he put them to use in ways that satisfied their most emphatic needs: political security, material self-interest, social status, and the opportunity for high-level public service., A great historian explains how Napoleon forged a dictatorship and explores the dilemmas of collaboration, personal and political.