Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Basic elements of a model and definitions of stability 3. System stability and the balance of power 4. Resource stability and the balance of power 5. Preventive war 6. Geography, balancers and central powers 7. Great-power alliance formation, 1871-1914 8. European conflict resolution, 1875-1914 9. Summary and conclusions References and selected bibliography on European great-power relations, 1871-1914 Index.
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