Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon

School of War · Feb 15, 2022 · 1h 1m

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?…