TFSmith121
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Yes, but if "a Europe that's peaceful" is the baseline,
Yes, but if "a Europe that's peaceful" is the baseline, then good luck finding a period in the Nineteenth Century where that's true.
"Congress" Europe barely lasted to the 1820s, and which point the Eastern Question came into play as a foundational issue for Britain and Russia until 1919; the conflict between Austria and Prussia over primacy in Central Europe was brewing at the same time, and remained in play until the 1860s; the consolidation of Germany and Italy were strategic concerns for the powers until they happened (again, 1860s), and as soon as the fight between Prussia and Austria was resolved in the 1860s, the Franco-German rivalry came into play and remained as the central issue on the Continent until 1945; at the same time, the Russo-German rivalry came into existence and lasted just as long...and those are all inter-state questions.
The intra-state issues - the revolutions of '48, Hungary, Poland, etc - were another different set of issues, all of which offered another set of potential deltas for conflict.
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Well yes, there's going to be a need to Europe over the Americas for Britain to defend their interests their. But, if there is peace in Europe, the resources can and will shift towards the North America theatre. There wouldn't be as much focus as there would the Napoleonic Wars, but there wouldn't have to be as such. Depending on what victory the UK is after (And really, it'd only be a limited one), the manpower and resources could be gathered to gain the advantage without sacrificing everything in a Europe that's peaceful.
Yes, but if "a Europe that's peaceful" is the baseline, then good luck finding a period in the Nineteenth Century where that's true.
"Congress" Europe barely lasted to the 1820s, and which point the Eastern Question came into play as a foundational issue for Britain and Russia until 1919; the conflict between Austria and Prussia over primacy in Central Europe was brewing at the same time, and remained in play until the 1860s; the consolidation of Germany and Italy were strategic concerns for the powers until they happened (again, 1860s), and as soon as the fight between Prussia and Austria was resolved in the 1860s, the Franco-German rivalry came into play and remained as the central issue on the Continent until 1945; at the same time, the Russo-German rivalry came into existence and lasted just as long...and those are all inter-state questions.
The intra-state issues - the revolutions of '48, Hungary, Poland, etc - were another different set of issues, all of which offered another set of potential deltas for conflict.
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