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.
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