Napoleon and the Art of Leadership

This deep dive into the mind of the complex, controversial political and military leader is “a great addition to the field of Napoleonics” ( Journal of Military History ). No historical figure has provoked more controversy than Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he an enlightened ruler or brutal tyrant? An insatiable warmonger or a defender of France against the aggression of the other great powers? Kind or cruel, farsighted or blinkered, a sophisticate or a philistine, a builder or a destroyer? Napoleon w