J. Christopher Herold's 1955 compilation of Napoleon's quotes, maxims, and reflections — drawn from his letters, conversations, and proclamations — providing the closest available window into Napoleon's thinking on war, leadership, politics, and human nature.
Provides Napoleon's own words on the subjects he understood most deeply — war, command, morale, politics, glory — making it the companion text to Clausewitz's analysis, since Napoleon is describing from the inside what Clausewitz is analyzing from the outside.
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