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Sorel's work, especially on the downfall of Napoleon, has come under much criticism recently by revisionist historians.

His view that Napoleon was legitimately fighting for the long-established French aim of ' natural frontiers ' and that Napoleon merely inherited a foreign ' situation ' ( and therefore did not create his own foreign policy ), has been contended.

Indeed recent historians, such as Matthew MacLachlan and Michael Broers, have stressed that Napoleon was a non-conformist General and that his actions abroad did not conform with any traditional French foreign policies.