I finished Juan Cole's "napoleon's egypt", a new history that will be out this month. He did a great job, piercing the self-created invicible warrior and victor image that Napoleon tried so hard to create.
It was, in fact, a fiasco. There are so many similarities between Egypt of Napoloen, and the Iraq of Bush II, that it is scary. Superior techonology, a far superior army, overwhelming supplies and money, and the same damn result we face today. I am not sure whether Prof. Cole intentionally tried to apply those lessons of yesteryear to today, but you can't help but see the similarities.
