The Leadership of Napoleon- Owen

Throughout the course of Napoleon’s life, he was a great leader. He did numerous things to benefit France during the revolution. Starting in low military ranks, Napoleon quickly worked his way up to being great military ranks and was soon adored by many men and fellow officers. Napoleon had great plans and ideas for France as a nation and devoted his life to seeing to it that his ideas made an impact. France, under Napoleon’s rule, won countless battles and expanded the empire further. Napoleon kept a careful watch through followers and Frances army, to ensure Frances allies would not turn on him. Without a doubt Napoleon did a textbook job at stabilizing France and growing his army. The gain was all for France, even though he did progress through ranks. As well as military accomplishments, he also did many great political things for his nation. Having en-stated Napoleonic code for the people, he changed France forever. He established an education system, so people could be more educated. It can be argued that education was purely for military use, but even if it was, more educated people wouldn't be killed as easily with their abilities to take orders and use common sense. Either way you look at it, Napoleon was a great leader, which was exactly what France needed.