Resolute Determination: Napoleon And The French Empire (the Modern Scholar)

In these lectures, Professor Donald M.G. Sutherland explores the life and times of Napoleon, one of history's most brilliant strategic thinkers. But despite his inarguable brilliance, Napoleon has also been denounced as unscrupulously ambitious and as alone responsible for the wars that bear his name. With his scholarly eye, Professor Sutherland imparts a fuller understanding of this polarizing figure and deftly shows how Napoleon fit into the sweep of history-and how he helped to define it. Content: Lecture 1. What made Napoleon's armies special? -- Lecture 2. The man in the boy : educating the emperor -- Lecture 3. Napoleon, revolution in Toulon and Paris -- Lecture 4. The first Italian campaign and the birth of the legend -- Lecture 5. The Egyptian mirage -- Lecture 6. The coup of 18 Brumaire -- Lecture 7. First consul -- Lecture 8. The government of dictatorship -- Lecture 9. Emperor Napoleon -- Lecture 10. The grand empire -- Lecture 11. Portugal and Spain -- Lecture 12. The Russian campaign : explaining failure -- Lecture 13. The empire unravels -- Lecture 14. Defeat, abdication, and the hundred days. Abstract: "Explores the life and times of Napoleon, one of history's most brilliant strategic thinkers. But despite his inarguable brilliance, Napoleon has also been denounced as unscrupulously ambitious and as alone responsible for the wars that bear his name."--Container