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Critically examine: “The spirit behind the great reforms of Napoleon’s Consulate at home was the transference of the methods of Bonaparte the general to task of Bonaparte the statesman.”

  • UPSC 2017
  • Origins of Modern Politics

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Between 1799 and 1804, Napoleon as First Consul applied the same instincts that had won him battlefields — speed, concentration, and ruthless selection of talent — to the reconstruction of the French state.

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  • Swift Decision and Concentration on Essentials
  • Enlisting the Ablest Men, Regardless of Past Loyalties
  • The Reforms as a Single Coordinated Campaign
  • The Cost: Statesmanship Without Liberty
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