Napoleon's Greed and Ambition

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Napoleon Bonaparte was historically not only the powerful invader but also the ambitious king. Napoleon made various works that effected France and the other country significantly, conquering almost of countries in Europe. Almost people in France praised Napoleon when he won in any war or any invasion. From successful occupation, people started to consider Napoleon as a god of the war and large numbers of people followed his order. Napoleon seems as the greatest emperor in the world. However, Napoleon was only concerned on his greed and ambition, which made questionable political decision and poor military decisions, changing him as an outcast. Having the highest spot in Europe, Napoleon changed to be arrogant and be rude himself. He was being not only traitor who lead a revolt against French Parliament but also the emperor who took that place himself. Caring only France, Napoleon was considered as a cruel tyrant to peoples of other countries. Every country in Europe stand against France when Napoleon failed his conquest of Russia. Finally, Napoleon era ended when Napoleon lost in Waterloo war and Napoleon became the exile. Taking the throne of France, Napoleon Bonaparte started to change himself into greedy and get more ambition. In October 1799, Napoleon returned to France. At that time, France was in danger because most of countries in Europe, such as England, Russia, Austria, Naples, Portugal and Turkey, formed a military alliance to protect themselves from France. “France was also writhing internally,” claims that politics of France had some problems such as the attack from other countries and the French revolution, which ended in 1799. Even though his country, France, was in awful situation, Napoleon was staying in Egypt fo... ... middle of paper ... ...oleon I (Bonaparte).” In The Catholic Encyclopedia. N.p.: Robert Appleton Company, 1991. Accessed February 2, 2014. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10687a.htm. Greenspan, Jesse. “Napoleon’s Disastrous Invasion of Russia, 200 Years Ago.” History. Last modified June 22, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2014. http://www.history.com/news/napoleons-disastrous-invasion-of-russia-200-years-ago. Niles, Florence R. “Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar.” Telegram and Gazette-Worcester, October 20, 2013. Accessed February 3, 2014. http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculum/do/document?set=search&dictionaryClick=&secondaryNav=&groupid=1&requestid=lib_standard&resultid=6&edition=&ts=BFD9A07A815374584C7B3A50411EAB48_1391473484684&start=1&publicationId=&urn=urn%3Abigchalk%3AUS%3BBCLib%3Bdocument%3B220604673. Schom, Alan. Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997.

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