Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Maps xi
5. Prologue: Wellington at Waterloo 1
6. Introduction: Ordering and Offshore Balancing: Britain, Europe and Global Power 4
7. Part I Shaping Security
8. 1 Sea Power, Strategy and the Scheldt: Shaping British Policy 27
9. 2 Culture, Ideas and Cash: Shaping Post-War Agendas 56
10. 3 Lord Liverpool and European Order, 1812–27 74
11. Part II Solving Problems
12. 4 The ‘Wellington System’ and National Strategy, 1814–52 115
13. 5 Steam Warfare 140
14. 6 Engineering Security: Harbours, Canals, Roads and Railways 168
15. 7 Neutralising the Scheldt: Belgian Independence, Antwerp 205 and the ‘Offshore Balance’ 205
16. Part III French Policy
17. 8 France and the Impact of Relative Decline 231
18. 9 Cherbourg, 1815–58: Changing Geography 261
19. 10 Identifying the French Threat, 1815–56 287
20. 11 Fading Glory: Post-Napoleonic France and the Art of War 311
21. Part IV Resolution
22. 12 The Denouement: Cherbourg, 1858 339
23. 13 Military Manpower: Invasion Scares, Expeditionary Forces and the Militia 357
24. 14 Commanding the Sea and Creating Strategy: The Royal Navy, 1815–70 394
25. 15 Antwerp and the Scheldt from 1870 to 1914 426
26. Conclusion 455
27. Appendix I Lessons of the Long War 464
28. Appendix II The Principles of British Strategy 469
29. Notes 475
30. Select Bibliography 533
31. Acknowledgements 550
32. Index 552