| Napoleon's youth and rise to power | | p. 25-42 |
| The military culture of Napoleonic France | | p. 43-59 |
| The Napoleonic regime and French society | | p. 60-78 |
| The Napoleonic police State | | p. 78-94 |
| The nature of Napoleonic imperialism | | p. 97-117 |
| Napoleon and the drive for glory : reflections on the making of French foreign policy | | p. 118-135 |
| Popular resistance to the Napoleonic Empire | | p. 136-152 |
| Policing the Empire : Napoleon and the pacification of Europe | | p. 153-168 |
| State, society and tax policy in Napoleonic Europe | | p. 169-186 |
| Britain and Napoleon | | p. 189-203 |
| Napoleon and state formation in central Europe | | p. 204-224 |
| The Peninsular war | | p. 225-242 |
| The Russian empire and the Napoleonic wars | | p. 243-263 |