Word: napoleonism
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...always had enough Von Wendels on the other side of the Rhine to keep their properties in the family. Christian de Wendel's grandson, Ignace, forged arms for both sides during the French Revolution. Ignace's son, the first François de Wendel, supplied weapons for Napoleon...
...their brief and bloody day, the seven old men and their fellows had ruled an empire greater than Alexander's or Caesar's or Napoleon's. Last week, at midnight after the winter solstice, the paths of Japan's top war leaders ended without glory, but with a dignity that seemed enhanced a little by the doubt and confusion among the victors...
...years thereafter Lewis served as a line coach at Harvard. He was noted as a defensive expert and he devised the defense strategy that stopped Pennsylvania's then unbeatable "guards back" offense through his knowledge of Napoleon's military tactics...
...voices of Caesar and Napoleon, of Genghis Khan, George Washington and Pontius Pilate were never heard by posterity. But the voices of the captains, kings, heroes and villains of the recent past are on record and can be heard as long as the records last. The latest collection,* in an album of five Columbia records called I Can Hear It Now . . . , contains excerpts from famous broadcasts...
...When Napoleon I sneered at England as "a nation of shopkeepers," he was maligning (and at the same time acknowledging the importance of) Britain's middle class, backbone of the nation's social structure since it emerged from feudalism. Nowadays in warbled Britain all classes are having a tough time, but the middle class is having the worst time of all. The moneyed aristocrats (formerly known as the "ruling class") have to dip into their capital, but they are still vastly better off than anybody else. The working classes have had wage raises to meet the cost...