the first total war, in the sense that

发动的第一次全面战争某种意义上
twentieth-century folks--

对于20世纪的人来说
and at least you were born in the

至少对于你们这些
twentieth century--

出生在20世纪的家伙来说
have come to understand?

要怎样理解呢
In the end--not ramble a bit, but just talk about

最后并非闲扯让我来谈谈
what the most important contributions of Napoleon were.

拿破仑最大的贡献是什么
Somebody counted up, not me, that by 1980

有人曾经算过截至1980年
there had been at least 220,000 books and articles published on Napoleon

关于拿破仑至少已经出版了二十二万份
in a variety of languages.

不同语言的书籍和文章
Three recent books,

如果你是拿破仑的粉丝
if you're Napoleon buffs or

或者单纯想了解他