Válka jako stvořitelka a ničitelka národů, národních států a impérií. Evropská zkušenost od napoleonské éry / War as the creator and destroyer of nations, nation-states and empires. The european experience since the napoleonic era

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• war
• national identity
• progress
• Europe
• unification of Italy
• German unification