Informationen zum Autor Beatrice de Graaf is Distinguished Professor and holds the Chair of History of International Relations at Utrecht University. She was awarded the Stevin Prize in 2018, the highest distinction in Dutch academia. Tegen de Terreur, the Dutch version of this book, was shortlisted for the Libris Prize. Klappentext Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic Wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. Zusammenfassung Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue, 1. Introduction: Napoleon's frustration; 2. Providence in Paris; 3. Balancing in a climate of distress; 4. 'A moderate occupation'; 5. 'Fausses nouvelles' and 'Black lists': the Allied struggle against 'armed Jacobinism'; 6. Fighting 'terroristes' together: towards a 'European police directorate'?; 7. The price of security; 8. Fortress Europe: constructing the 'Wellington barrier'; 9. Beyond Europe; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.

Autorentext
Beatrice de Graaf is Distinguished Professor and holds the Chair of History of International Relations at Utrecht University. She was awarded the Stevin Prize in 2018, the highest distinction in Dutch academia. Tegen de Terreur, the Dutch version of this book, was shortlisted for the Libris Prize.

Klappentext

Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic Wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror.

Zusammenfassung
Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders.

Inhalt

Prologue, 1. Introduction: Napoleon's frustration; 2. Providence in Paris; 3. Balancing in a climate of distress; 4. 'A moderate occupation'; 5. 'Fausses nouvelles' and 'Black lists': the Allied struggle against 'armed Jacobinism'; 6. Fighting 'terroristes' together: towards a 'European police directorate'?; 7. The price of security; 8. Fortress Europe: constructing the 'Wellington barrier'; 9. Beyond Europe; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.