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Napoleon's military distinctiveness was political patronage: he identified powerful patrons and used favors to advance his career.
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Napoleon's military distinctiveness was political patronage: he identified powerful patrons and used favors to advance his career.
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"Let's call it a levy. They en masse. So let's get everyone to join the military, so as to dilute the influence of nobility...."
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"...operator. He's able to become one of the leaders of the directory, and he helps promote Napoleon's career. Napoleon helps them, because at this..."
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"...But Napoleon, he is ambitious. He's merciless. And he, so the directory owes him a favor, and he asks for a generalship of the..."
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