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Bismarck was a legendary Statesman and a master of the Great Game, he deserves all the praise he gets, but frankly he understood the situation far better than you do. It was clear what he was doing and that it would result in a European super power to surpass France, only the blindest of the...

I disagree on Bismarck not being seen as a threat, the work to bring together the Germanic states wasn't a small or short term affair, he had already fought wars to that end before France. Also consider Britain still had influence among some of the German states that would be lost during...

I looked into Amiens in more detail and it was the French that broke it first by failing article 14. I've explained it further a few posts earlier if you want the history. So all your commentary on Britain not living up to the treaty, well it was Napoleon who failed to honour it first., he never...

As this seems to be the main thrust of the argument and I was quite general at first let me go into a bit more detail.

Britain declared war because Napoleon was consolidating his power, seizing fresh lands and resources, and building up military power. It wasn't a treaty of eternal peace, it was a gambit to buy time to strengthen his position for the next round of warfare. His policies and attitudes in the time...

Very true :p Sure Britain has done a lot of shitty things to a lot of people, Cromwell being right up there, but I reckon there's a gulf between criticising actual historical examples and just waving a hand over a thousand years of history and saying 'bad' The latter is the realm of the leftist...

I've heard, I'm just wondering what the specific examples were. I'm assuming you mean the Treaty of Amiens? Which failed because Napoleon rather than settling for peace invaded several other countries. Matter of fact Americans should be glad Napoleon couldn't control his warlike urges, the...

Which ones?