The history of nineteenth-century European warfare is framed by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914

Contents: Introduction. Part I War in the International System: The 19th-century international system: change in the structure, Paul W. Schreoder; Global violence and nationalizing wars in Eurasia and America: the geopolitics of war in the mid-19th century, Michael Geyer and Charles Bright. Part II In Napoleon's Shadow: Organisation, Strategy and Tactics to 1870: Patterns of change and continuity in 19th-century warfare, Robert M. Epstein; The Bourbon army 1815-30, Richard Holroyd; The retaming of Bellona: Prussia and the institutionalization of the Napoleonic legacy 1815-76, Dennis E. Showalter; Prussian cavalry 1806-71: the search for roles, Dennis Edwin Showalter; The strategic challenge to the French engineers: 1815-51, P.G. Griffith. Part III The Mid-Century Wars and their Legacy: The Bavarian army and French civilians in the war of 1870-71: a cultural interpretation, Mark R. Stoneman; Facing 'people's war': Moltke the Elder and Germany's military options after 1871, Stig Förster; From deterrence to doomsday machine: the German way of war 1890-1914, Dennis E. Showalter; French tactical doctrine 1870-1914, Joseph C. Arnold; A situation of inferiority. French military reorganisation after the defeat of 1870, Alan Mitchell; The effects of the Cardwell reforms in army organisation, 1874-1904, Brian Bond; The vision of soldiers: Britain, France, Germany and the United States observe the Russo-Turkish War, Maureen P. O'Connor. Part IV Armies and Societies: Sons and lovers: popular images of the conscript 1798-1870, David M. Hopkin; The Habsburg army and the nationality problem in the 19th century, Gunther E. Rothenberg; Recruiting the Victorian army 1870-92, Brian Bond; Justice for the troops: a comparative study of Nicholas I's Russia and France under Louis Philippe, John Keep; The lower ranks in the peacetime regimental economy of the Russian army, 1796-1855, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter; Peasants in uniform: the Tsarist army as a peasant soc