Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-07-13
Books mentioned on Alexander Mikaberidze - Napoleon, War, Progress, and Global Order
Alexander Mikaberidze is 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.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed The Napoleonic Wars by Alexander Mikaberidze and How Asia Works by Joe Studwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars by Alexander Mikaberidze is a comprehensive global history that examines the geopolitical, economic, and social ramifications of the Napoleonic era well beyond Western Europe.
Discussed“today i have the pleasure of interviewing professor alexander mika beretza who is a professor of history and the ruth herring noel endowed chair at louisiana state university and he's the author of the napoleonic wars a global history”
Where to get it
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How Asia Works
How Asia Works by Joe Studwell is a prominent economic study that analyzes the developmental trajectories of East Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Discussed“there's a book by this uh developmental economic uh joseph studwell called how asia works and in it he makes the case that um these uh asian tigers in the late 20th century they they imposed a bunch of tariffs”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing War and Peace
“it seems that one of the reasons that the uh the the the revolutionary and the philonic ideas spread a lot was that also at the time that france was the seat of um a seat of intellectual uh discourse um at the time why was that”
Plugged The Napoleonic Wars
“um the book is the napoleonic wars of global history and uh yeah if you want to mention your twitter handle um it's just a yeah my my uh first name and last name”
Plugged The Napoleonic Wars
“i think uh you know this book represents kind of a as a humble effort to showcase what history can do in in in modern context”