应该如何评价拿破仑？

个人认为评价拿破仑这样复杂的人物恐怕是业余历史爱好者力所不逮的。姑且引用一下桑赫斯特皇家军事学院的拿破仑战争研究者Gregory Fremont-Barnes对作为军事统帅的拿破仑的评价：

With the possible exception of Alexander, Napoleon justifiably ranks as historys greatest commander. As a strategist he had few equals, favouring brief, sharp campaigns in which he sought to outmanoeuvre his opponent and bring him to battle at a place and time of hishttp://choosing.Inthe course of these two decades in the field, Napoleon revolutionized warfare. Gone were the days of confronting a strong position, laying methodical siege and manoeuvring in the field until, once the advantage lay clearly with one side, a negotiated peace could be arranged, with limited concessions granted and nodecisive outcome achieved. Napoleon eschewed all this, attacking the flanks and rear of the opposing army and those features that the great Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz would later call the centre of gravity.Hereafter, Napoleon would bypass fortresses, making straight for the enemys main force, the destruction of which would bring about a swift and successful conclusion to the campaign.

——Napoleon Bonaparte: leadership, strategy, conflict，Osprey Publishing，2010