Napoleon was NOT short!

Napoleon was NOT short!

Sep 21

This is a very common misconception.  This is so much a part of the folklore that in 1908 the noted psychologist Alfred Adler used Napoleon as an example of an inferiority complex felt by short people that led to aggressive behavior as a compensation for their lack of height.  This became known as the Napoleon Complex. So how tall was Napoleon and why was that not short?  His exact height is a...