Napoleon and Hitler: A Comparative Biography (1989)

by Desmond Seward

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Desmond Seward examines the lives of these remarkable men (Napoleon & Hitler) & demonstrates the numerous striking parallels between their careers & their roles in shaping the destiny of modern Europe

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An interesting comparison, though it was a lot more about Hitler than Napoleon. (

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Napoleon and Hitler: A Comparative Biography

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1989

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Adolf Hitler

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I certainly deprecate and comparison between Herr Hitler and Napoleon: I do not wish to insult the dead. Winston Churchill, speech at Harrow in December 1940.
Misinterpretation has been the common fate of most prophets and thinkers in every sphere ... Clausewith invited misrepresentation more than most. Sir Basil Liddell Hart, Strategy

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No one in their right mind could have believed that either would become rulers.

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