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This 3 page paper describes events from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras that seem to have been repeated in more modern times. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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repeated in more modern times, proving that humans apparently have a hard time learning Santayanas lesson. Discussion The most logical approach is to examine the two eras and what happened,
and see whether similar events have occurred more recently. The Napoleonic Era is the name given to the period 1799-1815, from the time Napoleon staged his coup detat and took
power until he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo (Schmiechen). Its difficult now to separate the man from the legend, but what he said and what he did appear
to be two different things (Schmiechen). His detractors claimed that Napoleon was a conqueror interested in consolidating power in his own hands, but he claimed that his aim was to
"build a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government" (Schmiechen 347). However, it appears that his was of achieving his goal was to concentrate all
power in his own hands; his methods aroused suspicion and fear, leading to his eventual defeat (Schmiechen). We can see a similarity between Napoleons attitude and actions and those of
President George W. Bush, who has invaded Iraq on a flimsy pretext and is in fact engaged in empire building, while protesting that he is trying to bring democracy to
the region. An example of this futility taken from French history can be found in the history of French relations with Algeria. Between Napoleons defeat at Waterloo and 1830, when
there was another revolution, "the restored French monarchy was in crisis, and the dey (the governor of Algiers) was weak politically, economically, and militarily" ("Algerian National Liberation (1954-1962)"). Trying to
restore his popularity, the French monarch undertook military action against Algeria: "On the pretext of an insult to the French consul in Algiers by the dey in 1827, France blockaded
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