A recalibration of Britain's relationship with Europe in the years after Waterloo
Resume of events immediately prior to Waterloo 1815
Congress of Vienna
'Concert of Europe' mechanism for ensuring European peace
Where did Britain stand in all of this?
Lord Castlereagh, Foreign Secretary
Congresses 1811-1822
Castlereagh's suicide 1822
Greece and Belgium present problems
System fails in 1848, The Year of Revolutions across Europe
An old European Order begins to fail
Britain's 'effortless superiority' c. mid century
Some further book references
In Search of Peace Douglas Hurd (I think this book very undervalued)
Rites of Passage Adam Zamoyski
The Congress of Vienna Harold Nicolson
War in European History Michael Howard
The History of Europe Jacob Field
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