Napoleon Bonaparte was a French leader who led a number of revolutions against the European countries which formed coalitions to topple his rule. Napoleon was declared Emperor in 1804 after he pioneered the first coup detat against coalitions that were against his rule. This paper will keenly discuss the impact of Napoleon Bonaparte and his historical legacy.
The reign of Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the eras that have been characterized with high number of violence and death in the Middle East. The major reason was that Napoleon wanted to take over the Britain interests in the Middle East. As a result of his desire to be the king of the Middle East, Napoleone invaded Austria in 1779 as one of his earliest campaign. In his strategy to take over Italy he entered peace negotiation with Austria resulting to the formation of the Treaty of leoben which further gave him power to control Italy. The second major campaign that was spearheaded by Napoleon occurred in 1812 when he invaded Russia but during this time his forces was met by a very strong opposition from the Russia and it allies, resulting to a weakened and highly destroyed French military. Though Napoleon had a very strong and organized army, he was defeated in 1815 during the Battle of Waterloo. This was after Russia, Britain, Netherlands and Prussia formed an alliance with an intention to bring down his rule and impacts both in French and in the Middle East countries in general (Frankforter and Spellman 2003).
Napoleon rule has however been associated with some positive repercussions. The first one is that he led to the establishment of Napoleonic code which has been adopted by the judicial systems of United States, European and African countries. The second contribution of the Napoleon rule is that it led to into introduction of Metric rule. This laid a strong foundation in the field of mathematics that was later adopted by many countries in the Middle East.
Based on the above discussion it is clear that although Napoleon Bonaparte was a very strong theorist in the matters of war during his era, he did a lot to safeguard the interest of French. At the same time he contributed positively to the growth of science for instance when he brought together Egyptian scientist in 1806 resulting to the discovery of Rosetta stone. According to my view, our current leaders should emulate Napoleon not by solving political problems by violence but by using dialogue, arbitration and peaceful avenues so as to face off the political challenges that are facing the world today.
The reign of Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the eras that have been characterized with high number of violence and death in the Middle East. The major reason was that Napoleon wanted to take over the Britain interests in the Middle East. As a result of his desire to be the king of the Middle East, Napoleone invaded Austria in 1779 as one of his earliest campaign. In his strategy to take over Italy he entered peace negotiation with Austria resulting to the formation of the Treaty of leoben which further gave him power to control Italy. The second major campaign that was spearheaded by Napoleon occurred in 1812 when he invaded Russia but during this time his forces was met by a very strong opposition from the Russia and it allies, resulting to a weakened and highly destroyed French military. Though Napoleon had a very strong and organized army, he was defeated in 1815 during the Battle of Waterloo. This was after Russia, Britain, Netherlands and Prussia formed an alliance with an intention to bring down his rule and impacts both in French and in the Middle East countries in general (Frankforter and Spellman 2003).
Napoleon rule has however been associated with some positive repercussions. The first one is that he led to the establishment of Napoleonic code which has been adopted by the judicial systems of United States, European and African countries. The second contribution of the Napoleon rule is that it led to into introduction of Metric rule. This laid a strong foundation in the field of mathematics that was later adopted by many countries in the Middle East.
Based on the above discussion it is clear that although Napoleon Bonaparte was a very strong theorist in the matters of war during his era, he did a lot to safeguard the interest of French. At the same time he contributed positively to the growth of science for instance when he brought together Egyptian scientist in 1806 resulting to the discovery of Rosetta stone. According to my view, our current leaders should emulate Napoleon not by solving political problems by violence but by using dialogue, arbitration and peaceful avenues so as to face off the political challenges that are facing the world today.
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