Napoleon's Glance: the Secret of Strategy

Military Review,  Sept-Oct, 2004  by Arley H. McCormick

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NAPOLEON'S GLANCE: The Secret of Strategy, William Duggan, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2003, 280 pages, $24.95.

Were you ever engaged in solving a perplexing problem when the solution suddenly became as obvious as daylight? If so, you have experienced what led Napoleon to success--sudden insight--intuition, based on experience, says author of Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy, William Duggan. While this might at first appear too simplistic, Duggan details vignettes about the sudden insights of Pablo Picasso; Saint Paul; civil and suffrage rights activists Ella Baker and Alice Paul; and a third-world banker, among others. Napoleon's Glance gives readers an enjoyable series of vignettes, but it will not be particularly rewarding to serious readers.

COL Arley H. McCormick, USA, Retired, Huntsville, Alabama

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