How did NAPOLEON come to POWER?

In all areas of society, there are many people who revolutionized the way we deal with the world. In science, we had Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. In art, we have Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, and even Picasso. In philosophy, we have names like Plato, Kant, and Nietzsche. But when the subject is war, one name stands out as the most revolutionary of all time: Napoleon Bonaparte. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] You've probably heard of him in your History classes. Maybe you heard about the French Revolution, or the fact that he was short, or even about his gigantic empire and his enormous conquests. But how did this happen? How did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power, and what strategies did he use to go from being just another common citizen to becoming the greatest leader of a nation in turmoil? Today on Investigating.