RT Book
T1 Fighting terror after Napoleon: how Europe became secure after 1815
A1 Graaf, Beatrice de 1976-
LA English
PP Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/170200676X
AB Introduction : Napoleon's frustration -- Providence in Paris -- Balancing a climate of distress -- "A moderate occupation" -- "Fausses nouvelles" and "black lists." The Allied struggle against "armed Jacobinism" -- Fighting "terroristes" together. Towards a "European police directorate"? -- The price of security -- Fortress Europe. Constructing the "Wellington Barrier" -- Beyond Europe -- Conclusion.
AB "After 26 years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious powers craved stability after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. With the threat of war and revolutionary terror still looming large, the coalition launched an unprecedented experiment to re-establish European security. With over one million troops remaining in France, they established the Allied Council to mitigate the threat of war and terror and to design and consolidate a system of deterrence. The Council transformed the norm of interstate relations into the first, modern system of collective security in Europe. Drawing on the records of the Council and the correspondence of key figures such as Metternich, Castlereagh, Wellington and Alexander I, Beatrice de Graaf tells the story of Europe's transition from concluding a war to consolidating a new order. She reveals how, long before commercial interest and economic considerations on scale and productivity dictated and inspired the project of European integration, the common denominator behind this first impulse for a unification of Europe in norms and institutions was the collective fight against terror"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-491) and index
NO First published in English
CN D383
SN 9781108842068
SN 1108842062
K1 Allied Council of Ministers : History
K1 Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 : Peace
K1 Terrorism : Prevention : Europe : History : 19th century
K1 Internal Security : Europe : History : 19th century
K1 National Security : Europe : History : 19th century
K1 Europe : History : 1815-1848
K1 Europe : Foreign relations : 19th century
K1 Europa : Geschichte 1815-1830
K1 Europa : Wiener Kongress : 1814-1815 : Wien : Auswirkung : Sicherheitspolitik : Geschichte 1815-1830