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Introduction
“Napoleon fought more battles than Alexander, Hannibal and Julius Caesar combined. He is, beyond any doubt, the greatest of European soldiers. He never wrote a series of principles on the conduct of war, although he often expressed the intention of doing so and remarked that everyone would be surprised at how simple they were.” I want to interrupt this real quick because when I read that part, everybody would be surprised at how simple they were.
I thought about one of my favorite quotes I've ever read. And it says, “A novice is easily spotted because they do too much, too many ingredients, too many movements, too much explanation. A master uses the fewest motions required to fulfill their intention.” Back to this book. “It remained for Napoleon alone among the great generals of his time to seize all these possibilities and develop from them a calculated system of strategy and a system of tactics calculated with equal brilliance.