Posted on 12/05/2005 6:17:41 PM PST by ckilmer
Edited on 12/05/2005 8:35:48 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Niall Ferguson: Ghost of Napoleon haunts Tony Blair The divergence of Britain from the Continent can be traced to Bonaparte's greatest victory 200 years ago -- and his enduring legacy.
IT IS IN Book III of "War and Peace" that Tolstoy memorably describes the Battle of Austerlitz
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534591/posts. Already posted.
This is from the LA Times. imho they get it.
the link to the story is here.
http://Tony-Blair.notlong.com
looks like that post was pulled. not sure why. but likely the same thing will happen to this one soon too. also for unknown reasons.
Interesting that he does not say that it was Napoleon who gave us bureaucracy, and it is as a bureaucratic nightmare that the EU impacts us all. Of course, he also pretended to spread the French revolution by instituting his family in monarchies around Europe. Democratic deficit anyone?
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