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.▪️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 contentFollow along  on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack