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Napoleon 17 Jena

"It is not peace that is important but the conditions of peace." N.
Awareness of the fact that he can't control any part of the sea is a constant thorn.
Underestimating of British.  "With 9,000 men I would defeat 30,000 British troops."
Austerlitz victory is immensely profitable for France.  75 million francs of revenue . . . "war must pay for war . . ."

1806--error of statesmanship when he appoints his brother the king of Naples . . . ideas and beliefs in meritocracy forgotten . . . brother(s) are poor leaders . . . dividing up the spoils of victory sows future problems . . . French/English negotiations for peace .  . . enlightened, for his time, in treatment of Jews . . . proclaimed Judaism as one of three official religions of France . . . in other countries, Jews had to pay extra tax and were not official citizens . . . 170,000 Jews in France and extended French empire . . . Napoleon calls Jews "rapacious" and "pitiless moneylenders."  Mixed bag overall, certainly not, as some Jews call him, a "righteous Gentile."

Napoleon has created a St. Napoleon so he can have a St. Napoleon day . . . does not go over well as people see it as an example of incredible ego . . .

Prepares for war with Russia and Prussia . . . Prussian generals aren't close to a match for Napoleon . . . Hegel sees Napoleon and is in awe . . . Battle of Jena October 1806 . . . total victory for Napoleon--again.

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