¿Por qué fracasó Napoleón?

In this class we will be going over how the features baked into Napoleon's decision making during the early 1800s resulted directly in the collapse of the empire he had built. Nepotism, foreign wars, and the Continental System all led to a total collapse of his project. We will be drawing extensively from the works of Digby Smith, as well as quotations from two memoirs from the 1812 invasion of Russia to provide context and insight into the thinking of the French Emperor. Prior experience is not necessary for this class, as we will be looking at the subject from a beginner's perspective via an extensive powerpoint presentation.