Compare and contrast the two main figures of the European...

Napoleons tragedy was that his ambitions surpassed his capacities; Bismarcks tragedy was that his capacities exceeded his societys ability to absorb them. The legacy Napoleon left for France was strategic paralysis; the legacy the Bismarck left for Germany was unassimilable greatness(statement made by Henry Kissinger) is in my opinion a correct statement. This statement can actually be separated into two parts. The first parts relates with the capacities, ambitions and successes of Bismarck and Napoleon. The second part is about the final result of their reign and how their reigns could be taken over after such changing of Europe. Bismarck main objective was to bring together the German states and to form a powerful great German†¦show more content†¦He wanted to create division in Europe, therefore he created crisis here and there, but couldnt control the outcomes afterwards! Time and again, he would encourage a crisis - now in Italy, now in Poland, later in Germany - only to recoil before its ultimate consequence (P.107 Kissinger) or Napoleon made himself the prisoner of crisis he had himself engineered (P.107 Kissinger). Those crises would finally result in Italy and Germany as Unification and new difficulties for Napoleon to cope with. His foreign affaires always came out to be failures and to finally work against him. Napoleon destroyed by many ways all the other alliances that were made between France and other great powers, by supporting conflicts that wouldnt even benefit France. He supported the Italians in the war against Austria, this laid to Italian Unification which made one more power to deal with afterwards. He finally concluded an armistice with Austria ... without informing his Piedmontese allies (P.111 Kissinger), creating hatred among the Italians towards his country. Austria was considered by Napoleon as repugnant, therefore he wouldnt try to collaborate with them: As a Bonaparte, [Napoleon 3] never felt comfortable cooperating with Austria, whatever raison detat might dictate (P.110 Kissinger). Napoleon lost the sympathy of Great Britain by annexing territory and by being repeatedly annoying. Napoleon alienated Great Britain by annexing SavoyShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Li ves and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesBrier, and Roy Rosenzweig Also in this series: Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America Joanne Meyerowitz, ed., History and September 11th John McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David MRead MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesrelevance and application, the pressures at play are more likely to push in the opposite direction. Rather than building on a strong tradition of really useful relationships between the practical and academic spheres in accounting, I sense that the two worlds have less and less to do with one another. It is therefore ever more important to reflect on the contributions which Michael Bromwich has made. He played an important role in the diffusion of modern practices of capital investment appraisal in