Man of the legend / Emmanuel de Las Cases -- Dictator / Madame de Staël -- Revolutionary emperor / Adolphe Thiers -- New Roman emperor / Edgar Quinet -- Man of the revolution / Alphonse Aulard -- Emperor of the West / Adolphe Tiers -- Revolutionary expansionist / Albert Sorel -- Peacemaker / Arthur Lévy -- Master of the Mediterranean / Edouard Driault -- Opportunist / Pierre Muret -- Rival of Hannibal / Adolphe Thiers -- Genius / Maximilien Yorck von Wartenburg -- First in war? / Albert L. Guérard -- Militarist / Alfred Vagts -- Philosopher prince / Geoffrey Bruun -- Last enlightened despot / Georges Lefebvre -- First modern dictator / Alfred Cobban -- Precursor / Frederick B. Artz