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Napoleon and de Gaulle heroes and history Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall

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by Gueniffey, Patrice, author.
Call Number 944.05092
Publication Date 2020
Summary They were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make"--
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Bonaparte : 1769-1802 / Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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by Gueniffey, Patrice, author.
Call Number 944.05092 23
Publication Date 2015
Summary Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
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Hitler and abductive logic : the strategy of a tyrant / Ben Novak.

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by Novak, Ben, 1943- author.
Call Number 943.086092 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Was Hitler rational? This question has spawned vociferous debates among historians, and has fascinated every layman who has ever dipped into a biography of Hitler. In Hitler and Abductive Logic, Ben Novak argues that Hitler was rational-one of the most logical political leaders of modern times-but not according to ordinary inductive or deductive logic. Instead, Hitler used a new form of logic called abductive logic, which he used as a ""trick"" to seduce crowds and rise to power. Now, for the first time, the method that Hitler.
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Hitler.

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by Kershaw, Ian.
Call Number 943.086092 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Adolf Hitler has left a lasting mark on the twentieth-century, as the dictator of Germany and instigator of a genocidal war, culminating in the ruin of much of Europe and the globe. This innovative best-seller explores the nature and mechanics of Hitler's power, and how he used it.
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