Napoleon said, "A great soldier like me doesn't care a tinker's damn for the lives of a million men." On another occasion--speaking about soldiers who had fought in his military campaigns--Napoleon declared, “Let them die with arms in their hands. Their death is glorious. You can always fill the places of soldiers." The actions of Napoleon resulted in the death of millions.

Historians write about Napoleon as if he was a great political figure, military leader and conqueror. Rather than conceiving of the massive destruction Napoleon generated as a form of psychopathology, historians and many others glorify his acts of conquest. Many people are proud of “conquerors” like Napoleon—people who transformed the world through the vehicle of mass-murder.

Richard Koenigsberg