The Fog of Peace: The Military Dimensions of the Concert of Europe.

Abstract

The author states that the Concert of Europe had two goals: to suppress violent political revolution and to avoid general war. Europeans enjoyed economic growth, increasingly integrated markets, and cultural interaction due to higher literacy rates and more convenient and affordable means of travel. Thus the Concert of Europe succeeded in limiting both the scope and intensity of warfare in Europe for nearly a century until it fell apart in 1914 as military strategists were unprepared for the kind of war in which they found themselves. Convinced that technology had provided the key to fighting precise--if bloody--but short wars, they were totally unready for the long and costly conflict that took shape by early 1915. (KAR) P. 3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1995
Accession Number
ADA297793

Entities

People

  • Daniel W Moran

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • First World War
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Operations
  • Military Planning
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Revolutions
  • Treaties
  • Violence
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design