ASSIGNMENT

Assignment

Assignment

Part1: Middle East and the modern era

During the French and Napoleonic Wars Britain's main objectives in defeating France were to blockade the French coastline and attack enemy colonies by means of naval power, fight a war on the continent using small units of British forces, plus pay subsidies to allies; and lastly was to support opponents of the Revolution inside of France. The Napoleonic wars devastated the economic structure of France. Napoleon Bonaparte had restored stability and leadership in France, but the cost is expensive. Due to inflation caused by the war the French currency has become vulnerable. Since all the money in France was in the army was large debt to the state. War and final defeat also put France in a crisis on foreign trade. All these factors contributed to paralyze the economy of France during and after the Napoleonic wars. The Napoleonic wars were France's attempts to assert itself as a force to be reckoned among those of Europe. But it had to be replaced, this new nationalism found an economic system that does not exist. Whenever a campaign led Napoleon was forced to overthrow the monarchy by using only what he knew of force. This force was his army, which was built using all the resources of France, and money. As a result, economic growth in the Napoleonic wars, France was torn off, and, inevitably, sent to the recession.

It might be argued that the goal of the Napoleonic Wars was to usher in a new age of revolution. But in actuality it was one man's mission to conquer all of Europe and whatever country got in his way of doing so. Wherever Napoleon's campaigns too him, he was forced to expunge feudalism, topple monarchs and to flout tradition. Napoleon could not simply shale off the legacy of the Revolution which clung to him. After the Revolution, Napoleon became obsessed at the idea of expanding France even at the expense of the economy. The Napoleonic Wars came at a great expense to France. The wars and naval defeats throttled trade with the British and eventually eliminated it all together. The revolutionary decade was marked by inflation and state bankruptcy, as well as the crisis of foreign trade. The recurrence of wars led to a profound reorientation of the structure of the French economy. Napoleon's genius as a commander was his ability to move rapidly, thus gaining an important element of surprise over his opponents. His major failings were matters of attitude rather than technique. In general he underestimated his enemies, perhaps because of his early one-sided victories. Most important in its impact on the nature and frequency of these wars was Napoleon's utter disregard for the cost of his campaigns in bloodshed and lives. Bonaparte left a legacy of chaotic financial conditions, including public debt, deficits, inflations and depreciated paper money (Asprey, 2000).

Part2: Choose three of the following political figures

Saddam Hussein

Iraq was ruled by many superpowers and military leaders, but never saw the well-known ...