Napoleon The Great?
b"How should we remember Napoleon, the man of obscure Corsican birth who rose to become emperor of the French and briefly master of Europe?\\n\\nAs the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo approaches in 2015, Intelligence Squared brought together two of Britain\\u2019s finest historians to debate how we should assess Napoleon\\u2019s life and legacy. Was he a military genius and father of the French state, or a blundering nonentity who created his own enduring myth? Was his goal of uniting the European continent under a common political system the forerunner of the modern \\u2018European dream\\u2019? Or was he an incompetent despot, a warning from history of the dangers of overarching grand plans?\\n\\nChampioning Napoleon was historian Andrew Roberts, author of, among other books, 'Napoleon the Great', 'Napoleon and Wellington', and 'Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble'. Opposing him was fellow historian Adam Zamoyski, author of, among other books, '1812. Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow' and 'Rites of Peace. The Fall of Napoleon... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n \\n\\xa0See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"