Dwarkesh PodcastAlexander Mikaberidze - Napoleon, War, Progress, and Global Order
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- July 13, 2022
- Duration
- 1h 23m
- Channel
- Dwarkesh Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Alexander Mikaberidze is a Professor of History at Louisiana State University and the author of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History He explains the global ramifications of the Napoleonic Wars - from India to Egypt to America. He also talks about how Napoleon was the last of the enlightened despots, whether he would have made a good startup founder, how the Napoleonic Wars accelerated the industrial revolution, the roots of the war in Ukraine, and much more! Episode website + Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/charl... Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3B3i7y0 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pVXugP Buy The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199951063/ Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Follow Professor Mikaberidze on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMikaberidze Timestamps: 0:00:00 Preview 0:00:48 The allure of Napoleon 0:14:32 The advantages of multiple colonies 0:29:24 The Continental System and the industrial revolution 0:35:27 Napoleon’s legacy. 0:51:44 The impact of Napoleonic Wars 1:02:03 Napoleon as a startup founder 1:14:45 The advantages of war
SPEAKERS
Alexander Mikaberidze
guestDwarkesh Patel
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Alexander Mikaberidze and Dwarkesh Patel, Alexander Mikaberidze - Napoleon, War, Progress, and Global Order explores napoleon’s Global Impact: War, Reform, Empire, and Modern Power Politics Historian Alexander Mikaberidze discusses how the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars reshaped not just Europe but the global order, from India and the Americas to modern concepts of state power and equality.
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