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kleinbl00  ·  1689 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage

The Durants' last book, which was basically "Napoleon Etc.", covered what Napoleon did in order to get supplies to the front lines far more than what Napoleon did once the supplies got there. They don't quite get as far as saying Napoleon was a better quartermaster than general.