Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 9:45 a.m.

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.\n\nTimes\n\n01:12 - Introduction\n\n07:38 - How did European attitudes toward Napoleon change over his life?\n\n13:34 - Nuances of nationalist sentiment Napoleon inspired\n\n15:13 - Napoleonic wars, French hegemony, and geopolitics\n\n20:23 - Napoleon's\xa0youth and the French Revolution\n\n24:49 - Napoleon's early campaigns and his rise to power\n\n29:16 - What is the Napoleonic way of war?\n\n33:43 - What is Combined Arms and what are its advantages?\n\n37:42 - What is the Eastern Question to Napoleon?\xa0\n\n45:55 - How did Napoleon think about the Western Hemisphere?\xa0\n\n53:46 - What remains of Napoleon's legacy after the Congress of Vienna?\n\n\nLink\nBook: The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History