Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon

Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and the Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University-Shreveport, joins the show to discuss the Napoleonic Wars.

Times

• 01:12 - Introduction
• 07:38 - How did European attitudes toward Napoleon change over his life?
• 13:34 - Nuances of nationalist sentiment Napoleon inspired
• 15:13 - Napoleonic wars, French hegemony, and geopolitics
• 20:23 - Napoleon's youth and the French Revolution
• 24:49 - Napoleon's early campaigns and his rise to power
• 29:16 - What is the Napoleonic way of war?
• 33:43 - What is Combined Arms and what are its advantages?
• 37:42 - What is the Eastern Question to Napoleon? 
• 45:55 - How did Napoleon think about the Western Hemisphere? 
• 53:46 - What remains of Napoleon's legacy after the Congress of Vienna?

Link

Book: The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History