{"product_id":"2940148663676","title":"Generalship: Its Diseases and Their Cure","description":"IN the summer of 1921 I was lunching at\u003cbr\u003ethe Restaurant la Rue with the Deputy\u003cbr\u003eChief of the French General staff when\u003cbr\u003ehe told me the following story:\u003cbr\u003eAt the battle of Waterloo, Colonel\u003cbr\u003eClement, an infantry commander, fought\u003cbr\u003ewith the most conspicuous bravery; but\u003cbr\u003eunfortunately was shot through the head.\u003cbr\u003eNapoleon, hearing of his gallantry and\u003cbr\u003emisfortune, gave instructions for him to\u003cbr\u003ebe carried into a farm where Larrey the\u003cbr\u003esurgeon-general was operating.\u003cbr\u003eOne glance convinced Larrey that his\u003cbr\u003ecase was desperate, so taking np a saw he\u003cbr\u003eremoved the top of his skull and placed\u003cbr\u003ehis brains on the table.\u003cbr\u003eJust as he had finished, in rushed an\u003cbr\u003eaide-de-camp, shouting : ‘It3 General\u003cbr\u003eClement here?’\u003cbr\u003eClement, hearing him, sat up and exclaimed:\u003cbr\u003e‘No! but Colonel Clement is.’\u003cbr\u003eOh, mon general cried the aide-decamp,\u003cbr\u003eembracing him, ‘the Emperor was\u003cbr\u003eoverwhelmed when we heard of your\u003cbr\u003egallantry, and has promoted you on the\u003cbr\u003edeld of battle to the rank of Geueral,’\u003cbr\u003eClement rubbed his eyes, got, off the\u003cbr\u003etable, clapped the top of his skull on his\u003cbr\u003ehead and was about to leave the farm,\u003cbr\u003e~ when Larrey shouted after him: ‘Mon\u003cbr\u003egeneral--your brains !’ To which the\u003cbr\u003egallant Frenchman, increasing his speed,\u003cbr\u003eshouted back: Vow that I am a general\u003cbr\u003eI shall no longer require them!’\u003cbr\u003eIn this modest study my object is to\u003cbr\u003eprove, that though Clement was wrong\u003cbr\u003eabout brains, without his courage there\u003cbr\u003ecan be no true generalship.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111417233648,"sku":"2940148663676","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148663676_p0.jpg?v=1763706385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148663676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}