On Napoleon
When I was in high school, I went through a period where I was obsessed with Napoleon. There has never been a historical figure before or since that has captured my imagination in the same way. I read multiple biographies, did a fairly deep dive into his campaigns, even for a brief period thought I wanted to join the Army and become an artillery officer in emulation of Le Petit Caporal . And while I would not characterize myself currently as "obsessed," I still retain a weird amount of Napoleon knowledge. I listen to the (outstanding) Age of Napoleon podcast recreationally and have developed Opinions on various commanders of the period and their relative competencies. Some guys are Civil War Guys, some guys are World War II Guys; I'm a Napoleon Guy. Now, some might say that I felt a kinship with Napoleon because he and I are firmly on Team Short King. And I would be lying if I said that had nothing to do with it. But that's not really the heart of it. Napoleo