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Historians describe the period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914 as the “long nineteenth century.” During those 125 years, the Concert of Europe—a collaborative effort of Europe’s great powers—endeavored to manage many crises and end many wars. World War I proved to be as destructive and destabilizing as the Napoleonic Wars, and led to another global catastrophe in 1939.

But, what if it hadn't, and the Long Century continued? What conditions and behaviors would be required to perpetuate the pursuit of limited ends by limited and, when necessary violent, means by the major powers? To quote Henry Kissinger's A World Restored (1973) "Whenever peace—conceived as the avoidance of war—has been the primary objective of of a power or a group of powers, the international system has been at the mercy of the most ruthless member of the international community. Whenever the international has acknowledged that certain principles could not be compromised even for the sake of peace, stability based on an equilibrium of forces was at least conceivable.”

To explore this alternative history, I've written MOD EDIT

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