Jiang's description of post-1804 France as Napoleon heading generals who love and benefit from war.
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military cabal
Jiang's description of post-1804 France as Napoleon heading generals who love and benefit from war.
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After Napoleon became emperor in 1804, French soldiers were no longer fighting for the nation but for the emperor and a military cabal that benefited from war.
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"...still the greatest military in the world, but it's basically a military cabal, okay, who run France. Napoleon is just the head of France...."
"That's right. That's right. That's right. Yeah. Yes. So is it more of like a, like we're just a bunch of young men moving..."
"...like them into other management positions. So they become like a cabal. Or a, or a network onto themselves. And for them, they become..."
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