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No More Napoleons
How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
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Andrew Lambert is Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College, London, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of Seapower States and The British Way of War.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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List of Illustrations
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Maps
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Prologue: Wellington at Waterloo
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Introduction: Ordering and Offshore Balancing: Britain, Europe and Global Power
4 - Part I Shaping Security
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1 Sea Power, Strategy and the Scheldt: Shaping British Policy
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2 Culture, Ideas and Cash: Shaping Post-War Agendas
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3 Lord Liverpool and European Order, 1812–27
74 - Part II Solving Problems
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4 The ‘Wellington System’ and National Strategy, 1814–52
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5 Steam Warfare
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6 Engineering Security: Harbours, Canals, Roads and Railways
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7 Neutralising the Scheldt: Belgian Independence, Antwerp 205 and the ‘Offshore Balance’
205 - Part III French Policy
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8 France and the Impact of Relative Decline
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9 Cherbourg, 1815–58: Changing Geography
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10 Identifying the French Threat, 1815–56
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11 Fading Glory: Post-Napoleonic France and the Art of War
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12 The Denouement: Cherbourg, 1858
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13 Military Manpower: Invasion Scares, Expeditionary Forces and the Militia
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14 Commanding the Sea and Creating Strategy: The Royal Navy, 1815–70
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15 Antwerp and the Scheldt from 1870 to 1914
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Conclusion
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Appendix I Lessons of the Long War
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Appendix II The Principles of British Strategy
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Notes
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Select Bibliography
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Acknowledgements
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Index
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August 26, 2025
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9780300283570
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