The End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805.In The End of the Old Order, the first book in his multivolume series on Napoleon, author Frederick Kagan describes the former leader as one of the most dramatic rogues in history. Mr. Kagan is joined by William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, to discuss how he believes Napoleon's reign can be used to teach America how to interact with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This event was hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.
Frederick Kagan is a military historian who has taught at West Point and is now Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute specializing in defense issues and the American military. He is the author of The Military Reforms of Nicholas I: The Origins of the Modern Russian Army and the co-author of While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today with his father, Donald Kagan.
William Kristol is editor of the influential Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard. Widely recognized as one of the nation's leading political analysts and commentators, Mr. Kristol regularly appears on Fox News Sunday and on the Fox News Channel.