French History

Read “Al-Jabarti’s Chronicle of the First Seven Months of the French Occupation of Egypt, June-December 1798” and The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, The Negro Patriot of Hayti (particularly chapters pertaining to the suppression and arrest of Toussaint). Compare French policies of occupation and subjugation of Egyptians and Haitians. Discuss the actions of Napoleon’s subordinates and link them to Napoleon’s personal political and military philosophies, using examples from the two texts. Seven pages. Parenthetical citation allowed.