Stella Ghervas, “A Peace for the Strong” , in History Today (September 2014, vol. 64, no. 9):
“…This year marks both end points of the ‘long 19th century', the period of relative peace that began arguably with the Congress of Vienna in September 1814 and lasted until the outbreak of the First World War in July 1914…”
Stella Ghervas examines the Great Powers' attempt to create a new European order following the defeat of Napoleon.