Alexander Mikaberidze is Professor of History and Ruth Herrin Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University-Shreveport. He holds a degree in international law from Tbilisi State University and a Ph.D. in history from Florida State University. An expert on the Napoleonic Wars, Dr. Mikaberidze has written and edited over two dozen books, including multi-volume series on the Russian eyewitness accounts of the Napoleonic Wars and a trilogy on the decisive moments of the Russian Campaign of 1812: Napoleon versus Kutuzov: The Battle of Borodino (2007), Napoleon's Trial by Fire: The Burning of Moscow (2014) and Napoleon's Great Escape: The Battle on the Berezina (2010). His latest book, on the global impact of the Napoleonic Wars, is The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History (2020). He is currently one of the editors of the multi-volume Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars.