Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East

Aug 24, 2007

New America Foundation

Juan Cole talked about his book, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East, published by Palgrave Macmillan. In his book he recounts Napoleon's attempt to acquire Egypt as a French colony in 1789. The author reports that the initial incursion was successful, however, over time the Egyptians formed a resistance that depleted French .. Read More
Juan Cole talked about his book, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East, published by Palgrave Macmillan. In his book he recounts Napoleon's attempt to acquire Egypt as a French colony in 1789. The author reports that the initial incursion was successful, however, over time the Egyptians formed a resistance that depleted French control. He discussed the relevance and lessons of Napoleon's expedition in Egypt to the current American occupation of Iraq. Steve Clemons offered comments and moderated the discussion. After his presentation he responded to audience members' questions.

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00:00:13 none IN NAPOLEON'S EGYPT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JUAN COLE ACQUIRES EGYPT AS A FRENCH COLONY. HE EXPLAINS...
00:00:42 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. IF I COULD HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. MY...
00:04:05 Unidentified Speaker WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE, FOR THAT WARM INTRODUCTION. MY GRATITUDE TO THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION...
00:36:07 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU SEE A PARALLEL BETWEEN APOLLYON'S ACCEPT FROM EGYPT AND WHAT WILL PROBABLY ARE OUR EXIT FROM...
00:36:16 Unidentified Speaker NO. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT NAPOLEON'S EXIT AND OUR EXIT. NAPOLEON OR BONAPARTE HAD SEVERAL...
00:38:39 Unidentified Speaker A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE MADE A VERY GOOD PARALLEL BETWEEN THE CONNECTIONS OF INCIPIENT...
00:40:17 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ACTUALLY TELAMON PROPOSED THIS NEW COLONIAL STEAM IN THE INSTITUTE IN THE SUMMER OF 1797 BEFORE...
00:42:07 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT NAPOLEON WAS WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. MY QUESTION IS YOU TALKED ABOUT...
00:42:41 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ONE THING TO SAY IS THAT MOST PRE MODERN PLACES WERE NOT VERY UNIFIED INCLUDING EGYPT WHICH...
00:45:53 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE SPEAKER]
00:46:26 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE SPEAKER]
00:46:28 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT AN IMPLAUSIBLE SCENARIO. IT'S NOT MY NUMBER ONE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY PLAUSIBLE.
00:46:46 Unidentified Speaker AND OGLE SPEAKER
00:47:02 Unidentified Speaker -- [INAUDIBLE SPEAKER]
00:47:04 Unidentified Speaker WELL I MAKE THIS POINT TOWARD THE END OF MY BOOK. ULTIMATELY THE DIRECTOR RECENT BONAPARTE TO BE A...
00:49:11 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED NOW -- WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF NAPOLEON,...
00:49:32 Unidentified Speaker WELL, BECAUSE BONAPARTE WAS STILL FUNCTIONING AND A BY POLAR WORLD BASICALLY FRANCE VERSUS BRITAIN,...
00:52:17 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE SPEAKER] IT SEEMS THE U.S. HAS CHOSEN A KIND OF MISGUIDED SENSE OF HISTORY TO FOLLOW IT...
00:52:55 Unidentified Speaker I FIGURED THAT THE U.S. EXPERIENCE IN IRAQ IS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH LIKE THAT OF THE BRITISH IN THE...
00:54:09 Unidentified Speaker I DID HAVE TO RELATE TO QUESTIONS. FIRST, IF YOU WERE ADVISING PRESIDENT BUSH WHAT COURSE OF ACTION...
00:54:30 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, THIS QUESTION OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME THAT. IT'S A FAIR QUESTION....
00:57:08 Unidentified Speaker RETIRED FOREIGN SERVICE. JUST A COUPLE OF PARALLELS. YOU DO THE ONE BETWEEN NAPOLEON AND SOMEBODY...
00:58:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I DON'T KNOW. DOES ANYBODY IN IRAQ HAVE BIN LADEN'S PHONE-NUMBER? WHAT IS THE SO-CALLED AL-QAEDA...
01:00:54 Unidentified Speaker IMAGINE THERE WAS NO AL-QAEDA, THAT IT WAS DEALT WITH IT DOESN'T DO A THING TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL...
01:01:08 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS PROPAGANDA. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PROPAGANDA TREATMENT AND IT IS JUST LIKE BONAPARTE CONVINCE...
01:01:27 Unidentified Speaker FRANKS' SMITH, ONE TO ASK A QUESTION WITH 2020 HEINZ A BERGANIO BLOG YOU'VE EXPRESSED AMBIVALENCE...
01:02:05 Unidentified Speaker MY POSITION WAS THAT THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION GIVES THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO...
01:05:58 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE POSSIBILITY THAT AFTER 9/11, INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE AL-QAEDA...
01:06:24 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER AL-QAEDA SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, ADDRESSED AS A CRIMINAL PROBLEM...
01:09:32 Unidentified Speaker I APOLOGIZE -- [INAUDIBLE]
01:09:37 Unidentified Speaker PROFESSOR COLE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY IN IRAQ, THE TURKOMANS...
01:09:54 Unidentified Speaker SO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MINORITIES IN IRAQ, WHO WEBB OFTEN BEEN TARGETS OF BOMBINGS AND ASSASSINATIONS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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    Senior Fellow and Director New America Foundation->American Strategy Program
  • Cole, Juan

    Professor University of Michigan->Modern Middle East History

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