Válka jako stvořitelka a ničitelka národů, národních států a impérií. Evropská zkušenost od napoleonské éry

This study examines the role of war in the processes of decay and emergence of nations, nation-states and empires in Europe from the Napoleonic wars to the First World War. Throughout the period under review up to 1914 no nation-state emerged in Europe without conflict. The war was often related to the notions of European nations and national movements regarding progress and achievement of global dominance in Europe in those days.