Napoleon also had, at least at the beginning of his career, more troops then any of his adversaries. His "technological" feat decimated a whole generation of French men... Imagine what GWB could do if he was able to force every american male age 14-30 into the military (and then quickly dispell this image from your mind because you'll have nightmares). Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: Just to be clear, when I said, "technology" I was also including discoveries in tactics; Napoleon, to give the classic example, didn't have any weapon drastically different from his predecessors, but he formed his columns in a new way. I consider that an advance in technology.