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Assume that Bonaparte never developed cancer and was never poisoned and give him a longer natural lifespan, into his sixties or seventies.
*After Waterloo, Bonaparte attempted to flee to the USA, but was obstructed by the British fleet's presence at all ports.
*There were plans to rescue him from St. Helena and bring him to revolutionary Brazil, revolutionary Chile, or (by Grand Armee exiles) Texas to establish a new empire on the mainland. They never came to fruition because of his death.
Will he stick to warfare to expand his empire, or will he be content to focus on development, political freedom, and enforcing his Napoleonic Code?
Will Guerilla Warfare frustrate his efforts, or can history's "most competent human being" and penultimate strategic/tactical genius adapt and overcome the challenges of his new setting?
How will Napoleon's New World empire interact with the young United States?