“On-demand” security – a little-known fact from Napoleon Bonaparte’s military career

The present article is a research-based elaboration of an earlier conducted study, in which the object of analysis was the Expeditionary Corps in India created by Napoleon Bonaparte. Thus, the theoretical (cognitive) research objective fits into the area of identifying knowledge, or lack thereof, as regards a unique, coalition-based and little-known contemporary expeditionary operation of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In turn, the main research problem is framed as a question, referring both to the reasons for the rejection of individual and subsequent (as a function of the passing of time) operational options and the level of knowledge of students at selected military universities (both civilian and military) in the third decade of the 21st century about the historical event in question. The research results and findings, obtained by applying methods, techniques and tools (theoretical and empirical) typical of a posteriori sciences, demonstrate the level of knowledge in the area in question, as well as the idea of supplementing it, especially as regards the broadly perceived world history related to the military.