Napoleon believed that ability counts for little in military men if they are not also blessed with opportunity; what he wanted most were lucky generals. Jean Edward Smith's superb new biography of the "military statesman" who became the 34th president of the United States shows how often Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower's opportunities owed much to what Niccolo Machiavelli called fortuna.
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机译：拿破仑认为，如果军事人员也没有机会，他们的能力就不那么重要了。他最想要的是幸运的将军。吉恩·爱德华·史密斯（Jean Edward Smith）成为美国第34任总统的“军事政治家”精湛的新传记表明，德怀特·“艾克”·艾森豪威尔的机会多半归功于尼科洛·马基雅维利所说的堡垒。
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