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Napol eon’s decision to invade Russia against the almost unanimous advice of his closest counselors presents an intriguing and important puzzle to which Harold Parker provides a persuasive psychological explanation.1 I would propose not a different causal explanation of Napoleon’s decision, but instead a different characterization and understanding of Napoleon’s foreign policy in the context of the international system.
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Harold T. Parker, “Why Did Napoleon Invade Russia? A Study in Motivation and the Interrelations of Personality and Social Structure,” fournal of Military History, 52, 2 (April 1990), 131–46.
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Schroeder, P.W. (2004). Napoleon’s Foreign Policy: a Criminal Enterprise. In: Wetzel, D., Jervis, R., Levy, J.S. (eds) Systems, Stability, and Statecraft: Essays on the International History of Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-06138-6_2
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