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How a great strategist operated

Napoleon, writes Walter Russell Mead, “had the ambition and singleness of purpose to decide which people mattered to him, and then to give them what they wanted.”

By Thomas E. Ricks

| April 22, 2015, 10:10 AM

Napoleon, writes Walter Russell Mead, “had the ambition and singleness of purpose to decide which people mattered to him, and then to give them what they wanted.”

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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The Pandemic Should Kill Regime Change Forever

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Best Defense

How a great strategist operated

Napoleon, writes Walter Russell Mead, “had the ambition and singleness of purpose to decide which people mattered to him, and then to give them what they wanted.”

The Pandemic Should Kill Regime Change Forever

Mexico’s President Lands in Washington To Help Trump Tout Trade Deal

Countries Are Opening Their Doors for Hong Kong’s Exodus

Trump’s Mount Rushmore Speech Is the Closest He’s Come to Fascism

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