Comments on: The Napoleon Bonaparte Show #14 - The Sun of Austerlitz http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/ Everything you ever wanted to know about Napoleon Bonaparte. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: J. David Markham http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4529 J. David Markham Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:38:53 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4529 As always, my friends, I second Cameron in his appreciation of your comments and your willingness to listen. Its a great experience for me, made all the moreso by your kind and thoughtful comments. Have a great holiday season! David http://www.NapoleonicHistory.com As always, my friends, I second Cameron in his appreciation of your comments and your willingness to listen. Its a great experience for me, made all the moreso by your kind and thoughtful comments.

Have a great holiday season!

David
http://www.NapoleonicHistory.com

]]> By: cameron http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4330 cameron Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:34:54 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4330 Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'm really pleased that you are enjoying the show. For many years I enjoyed Napoleon's story in solitude. It's a joy for me to be able to discuss him with as eminent scholar as David and an even greater joy to be able to share those discussions with you. Thanks for the feedback everyone! I’m really pleased that you are enjoying the show. For many years I enjoyed Napoleon’s story in solitude. It’s a joy for me to be able to discuss him with as eminent scholar as David and an even greater joy to be able to share those discussions with you.

]]> By: John G http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4327 John G Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:12:50 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4327 Hi Cameron and David Congratulations on another wonderful episode. I always look forward to the next episode and it is never a let down. I do like the conversational styleyou use in presenting each episode, which David referred to. It was a very good point. I have listened to audio tapes on history in the past and they are usually quite dry and maintaining concentration on the topic can be a chore. The way you guys present the information makes it very easy to follow and very interesting. I also loved the maps you placed on your website, as it made it easy to follow how the battle of Austerlitz unfolded. Hi Cameron and David

Congratulations on another wonderful episode. I always look forward to the next episode and it is never a let down. I do like the conversational styleyou use in presenting each episode, which David referred to. It was a very good point. I have listened to audio tapes on history in the past and they are usually quite dry and maintaining concentration on the topic can be a chore. The way you guys present the information makes it very easy to follow and very interesting.

I also loved the maps you placed on your website, as it made it easy to follow how the battle of Austerlitz unfolded.

]]> By: frans http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4153 frans Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:59:02 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4153 hello guys, i enjoy your show very much. it's very interesting and also fun to listen to! i have one comment for improvement and that is that i would like some more information on strategy and tactics of napoleons campaigns and battles. keep it up! frans, from holland hello guys,

i enjoy your show very much. it’s very interesting and also fun to listen to! i have one comment for improvement and that is that i would like some more information on strategy and tactics of napoleons campaigns and battles. keep it up!

frans, from holland

]]> By: Gregory Gietzen http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4144 Gregory Gietzen Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:25:04 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4144 I just wanted to drop a note expressing my appreciation for your podcast. I'm not up to Austerlitz just yet (I'm still back in Thermidor/whiff of grapeshot), but I've really been enjoying the ride. I just wanted to drop a note expressing my appreciation for your podcast. I’m not up to Austerlitz just yet (I’m still back in Thermidor/whiff of grapeshot), but I’ve really been enjoying the ride.

]]> By: J. David Markham http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4099 J. David Markham Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:37:44 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-4099 I agree that the sulphur story is very unlikely, and I don't think that breaking the ice at Austerlitz would even remotly quality as a war crime. Retreating soldiers are always fair game. They could have thrown up their hands in surrender, but didn't. As to Hitler and Napoleon, don't even get me started. Those comparisons really make my blood boil!! In a few days, my new website should be up: www.NapoleonicHistory.com. Best to all, David I agree that the sulphur story is very unlikely, and I don’t think that breaking the ice at Austerlitz would even remotly quality as a war crime. Retreating soldiers are always fair game. They could have thrown up their hands in surrender, but didn’t.

As to Hitler and Napoleon, don’t even get me started. Those comparisons really make my blood boil!!

In a few days, my new website should be up: http://www.NapoleonicHistory.com.

Best to all,

David

]]> By: Khaldum1 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3917 Khaldum1 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:16:36 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3917 I would like to commend both commentators for an excellent show on Austerlitz. Although, I (ADMITEDLY QUITE UNFAIRLY) caught a slight mistake. It was Holy Roman Empero Francis II and Francis I of Austria. I'd also take the opportunity to note that if one can place an undiluted black mark on Napoleon's career and world altering and positive achievements, it is on his treatment of the slaves of St. Domingue. Turning back on earlier support for the slave rebellion, Napoleon brutally reintroduced slavery. On this issue, history and the conscience of moral men must stand squarely against the otherwise great Emperor. Having said that, the sulphur story is highly unlikely, since slaves would have been a valuable commodity and, therefore, subject to economic pressures against their wholesale destruction. Napoleon must be condemned on Haiti, but it is also clear that his decision to re-establish slavery was a cold and calculated economic decision. This very reason and the consequential economic calculations argue against the genocide story. Finally, Napoleon and Hitler had nothing in common, outside of both acting on the European stage. There are oceans in the vast and unbridgeable differences between the two. For the most part, Napoleon, whatever his flaws, lifted men to a better world, excersing privileged genius along with some arrogance to sweep away the darkness of the ancien regime. Hitler was an unmitigated horror for mankind, whose venom and evil permeated a desperate period of mankind's journey. I would like to commend both commentators for an excellent show on Austerlitz. Although, I (ADMITEDLY QUITE UNFAIRLY) caught a slight mistake. It was Holy Roman Empero Francis II and Francis I of Austria. I’d also take the opportunity to note that if one can place an undiluted black mark on Napoleon’s career and world altering and positive achievements, it is on his treatment of the slaves of St. Domingue. Turning back on earlier support for the slave rebellion, Napoleon brutally reintroduced slavery. On this issue, history and the conscience of moral men must stand squarely against the otherwise great Emperor.

Having said that, the sulphur story is highly unlikely, since slaves would have been a valuable commodity and, therefore, subject to economic pressures against their wholesale destruction. Napoleon must be condemned on Haiti, but it is also clear that his decision to re-establish slavery was a cold and calculated economic decision. This very reason and the consequential economic calculations argue against the genocide story.

Finally, Napoleon and Hitler had nothing in common, outside of both acting on the European stage. There are oceans in the vast and unbridgeable differences between the two. For the most part, Napoleon, whatever his flaws, lifted men to a better world, excersing privileged genius along with some arrogance to sweep away the darkness of the ancien regime. Hitler was an unmitigated horror for mankind, whose venom and evil permeated a desperate period of mankind’s journey.

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3902 Bryan Alexander Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:47:34 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3902 A fine show on Austerlitz, gentlemen. Thank you for offering visual resources in this post. David Markham does a fine job of describing the tactics out loud, but the maps are great to see. Literary notes: I'm fond of the Austerlitz scenes in War and Peace. Anthony Burgess has a nice version of it in his Napoleon Symphony (what do you two think of that novel?). A fine show on Austerlitz, gentlemen.

Thank you for offering visual resources in this post. David Markham does a fine job of describing the tactics out loud, but the maps are great to see.

Literary notes: I’m fond of the Austerlitz scenes in War and Peace. Anthony Burgess has a nice version of it in his Napoleon Symphony (what do you two think of that novel?).

]]> By: Kaboth http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3884 Kaboth Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:49:04 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3884 Great podcast as always guys. You mentioned in passing the alledged genocide of Colonials committed by Napoleon but didn't really go into detail. I assume you were referring to the allegations in the recent book "Le Crimes De Napoleon" which states that during a resistance by black slaves on one of France's islands Napoleon authorized that Black civiliants be loaded into ship hulls where sulphur was burnt, effectively gasing the people to death. The book says this was Hitler's inspiration for gassing the jews. I'm not sure about hard evidence behind any of this, it could just be more sensationalist stories. The book did get significant press coverage. The book also regards the breaking of the ice at Austerlitz as a war crime. Just wondering what you all thought of these allegations? Great podcast as always guys. You mentioned in passing the alledged genocide of Colonials committed by Napoleon but didn’t really go into detail. I assume you were referring to the allegations in the recent book “Le Crimes De Napoleon” which states that during a resistance by black slaves on one of France’s islands Napoleon authorized that Black civiliants be loaded into ship hulls where sulphur was burnt, effectively gasing the people to death. The book says this was Hitler’s inspiration for gassing the jews. I’m not sure about hard evidence behind any of this, it could just be more sensationalist stories. The book did get significant press coverage. The book also regards the breaking of the ice at Austerlitz as a war crime. Just wondering what you all thought of these allegations?

]]> By: ray http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3794 ray Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:50:18 +0000 http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/#comment-3794 what kind of dogs did napoleon have what kind of dogs did napoleon have

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