War in the Nineteenth Century: 1800-1914

Preface viii

1 Introduction: Framing the Problems 1

2 Napoleonic Background 5

3 1815–1849 27

4 The 1850s 60

5 Naval Power and Warfare 71

6 Outside Europe, 1815–1860 96

7 1860–1871 107

8 1872–1902 135

9 The Victory of the West, 1860–1913 151

10 Towards the First World War, 1903–1914 172

11 War and Society 187

12 Conclusions 204

Notes 208

Further Reading 232

Index 236