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200 years ago, their ancestors clashed at Waterloo.
Bonaparte and Wellington are rivals again — this time in Private Equity.
This rivalry is worth billions. Here’s the story: 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/2dTnYyjLo0
After being briefed by Stirling on an impending attack on Benghazi, and the way that the SAS represented ‘a new form of warfare’ which had ‘awesome potential’, Churchill quoted to Smuts the lines from Byron’s Don Juan: ‘He was the mildest-mannered man / That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.’ The next day, he summoned Stirling to the Embassy to
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napoleon bonaparte’s heir runs a search fund to buy small cap services business https://t.co/NGMTYppewu
Today I will finally cover one of the most famous warrior kings of all time. King Richard the Lionheart of England.
A warrior, a tactician, a leader and a legend. 🧵
After being briefed by Stirling on an impending attack on Benghazi, and the way that the SAS represented ‘a new form of warfare’ which had ‘awesome potential’, Churchill quoted to Smuts the lines from Byron’s Don Juan: ‘He was the mildest-mannered man / That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.’ The next day, he summoned Stirling to the Embassy to
... See moreAndrew Roberts • Churchill: Walking with Destiny
🧵on “Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793-1815,” possibly the best account of war from an ops perspective I’ve read: https://t.co/v0c8aLNfQ9