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Showing posts with label Napoleon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleon. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2022

Mind Control as a Strategic Weapon. How to Destroy Your Enemies from Within

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  The " Zombie Fungus " Cordyceps kills an ant after having taken control of its neural system. Could something like that happen i...
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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Europe: the Empire that wasn't

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  Napoleon Bonaparte in full imperial regalia. He got close to creating a European Empire, but he failed in the end. He faced the same strat...
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Monday, May 2, 2022

The Saddam Trap: Winning by Checkmate

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  The game of chess is not supposed to be a realistic simulation of a battle. But, on one point, it may provide a fundamental hint: wars are...
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Friday, January 7, 2022

Collapse by Doubling Down: How Leaders Create Their Own Ruin

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  Napoleon won all the battles he engaged in, up to Borodino (1812), which was a non-victory, equivalent to a loss. From then, on it was all...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Lev Tolstoy on Afghanistan: "It Happened Because it had to Happen"

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When an apple has ripened and falls, why does it fall? Because of its attraction to the earth, because its stalk withers, because it is drie...
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