Ep 100: Alexander Mikaberidze on Ridley Scott’s Napoleon

School of War · Nov 28, 2023 · 45m

Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University and author of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, joins the show to talk about director Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.

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Times

• 02:54 Introduction

• 04:52 First reactions

• 08:18 Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon

• 15:12 Propaganda of the time

• 17:14 No invention needed

• 21:22 Wellington and Talleyrand

• 23:24 Napoleon: Master Tactician

• 27:35 Waterloo

• 33:45 Josephine and Elba

• 35:44 More Napoleon content

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