Download or read book Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814-1914 written by C. J. Bartlett and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The causes of war have tended to attract more attention than the causes of peace, yet the two are intimately related. As study of the whole question of the best methods by which to defend and advance thenational interest is often more illuminating on why wars were avoided. This valuable book will be welcomed by anyone wishing to understand the nature of European state relations in the nineteenth century.