Peace...? (1814)
A video on YouTube. In History, a Krater category.
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An analysis of great power conflicts in European history, examining the historical cycles of major wars, the 99-year peace of the nineteenth century, and the three dominant political philosophies—Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism—that explain why states go to war.
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Answers: What causes great power conflicts and how can they be avoided?
- Great power conflicts in European history
- The Thirty Years War
- The 19th-century European peace
- The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- Realism in international relations
- Liberalism in international relations
- Marxism in international relations
What it concludes
- Great power conflicts are low-probability events that, when they happen, result in catastrophic outcomes where everybody loses.
- Since 1648, there has historically been a major great power conflict approximately once every 50 years.
- The 99-year period from 1815 to 1914 stands as the longest stretch of sustained European peace since the Roman Empire, during which broad great power conflicts were successfully avoided.
- Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism represent three analytical tools and schools of thought that explain the causes of war through anarchy, political alignment, and economic inequality, respectively.
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