Was Napoleon really just a hired puppet?

Question

AND THEY JUST WROTE A NICE STORY ABOUT HIM BEING A POWERFUL DICTATOR?

YES , YES, YES, I KNOW THE STORY WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS ABOUT HIM, BUT WAS HE JUST A POSTER BOY FOR WHAT THE ELITE RICH WERE WANTING TO DO ??

I DONT DOUBT THAT HE WAS A GOOD LEADER AND FIGHTER , BUT I AM SAYING IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT HE WAS PROMOTED AND MANIPULATED BY THE RICH BANKERS.

NO ONE IS SAYING HE DID NOT EXIST. JUST SAYING THAT A LOT OF FICTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HIS ABSOLUTE POWERS

NO ONE IS SAYING HE DID NOT EXIST. JUST SAYING THAT A LOT OF FICTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HIS ABSOLUTE POWERS

Answer 1

Napoleon decided on a military career when he was a child, winning a scholarship to a French military academy. His meteoric rise shocked not only France but all of Europe, and his military conquests threatened the stability of the world.
Napoleon was one of the greatest military commanders in history. He has also been portrayed as a power hungry conqueror. Napoleon denied being such a conqueror. He argued that he was building a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government. But if this was his goal, he intended to achieve it by taking power in his own hands. However, in the states he created, Napoleon granted constitutions, introduced law codes, abolished feudalism, created efficient governments and fostered education, science, literature and the arts.
Emperor Napoleon proved to be an excellent civil administrator. One of his greatest achievements was his supervision of the revision and collection of French law into codes. The new law codes—seven in number—incorporated some of the freedoms gained by the people of France during the French revolution, including religious toleration and the abolition of serfdom. The most famous of the codes, the Code Napoleon or Code Civil, still forms the basis of French civil law. Napoleon also centralized France's government by appointing prefects to administer regions called departments, into which France was divided.
Napoleon gained power after the French revolution. It was a time in France where the old aristocracy was either dead, or had fled. Who would he have been a pawn for? There were not many who would have dared to re-enter a country that had so recently tried to execute them. The people were too wary for it to be probable.
Also, as a pawn, I hardly think he could have achieved as much as he did....the law he codified for France benefited the populace in a way that anyone from the old regimes would not have allowed. Finally, with the evidence of his exile, we see that the population of France was not going to be fooled into allowing a return to anything near the old governing system.
All in all, no, he was no pawn...a brilliant general..yes. A capable lawmaker...yes. A pawn...categorically NO.

Answer 2

The problem with your theory is there would have to be someone pulling his strings and there's no indication that there was.

Napoleon worked his entire life for what he got and there was no real meteoric rise to fame. Every step was a logical consequence. If there had been backers behind him, there would be a break and a sudden rise in his career.

There's also no indication that he was being second-guessed. If there had been, he might not have made the mistake of divorcing his first wife to marry someone with royal blood. That lost him support in the rank and file.

Answer 3

Someone would have to be evidently controlling Napoleon's every move for that to happen. When it boiled down to it he made it evident from early on that he was a threat to be reckoned that would threaten the higher-ups power but they didn't take any action then. When he controlled the armies loyalty he controlled the country to an extent, not the noblity, if you look at it as they did in Rome & Macedonia.

Answer 4

to suggest puppet status to Napoleon is to minimize his warrior status, his military career is overflowing with success, from Egypt through desert campaigns, his conquest in Italy, twice crossing the alps in formidable weather and terraign, through the pyrenees defeating four spanish armies, no obstacle could arrest his army.He was a true heroic figure in the fullest sense of the word.

Answer 5

No he was not. He was a self made man that crowned himself emperor, rose through the ranks of the army, formed a military coup twice, and was actually Corsican, not necassarily French.

Answer 6

Wellington once said," Id rather 10,000 French troops appeared on the battlefield instead of that little man..! " So I think the answer is no.

Answer 7

No you are mixed up with Big bird off sesame street.That was a hired puppet.

Answer 8

Probably. I believe that entire French revolution was financed by Great Britain. I mean-Qui bono?

Answer 9

Funny, that is when France created central banking with fractional reserve capabilities isnt it?

Answer 10

napolean was the most brillaint battle tactician in the world. he was real.