Military history of Europe

The military history of Europe refers to the history of warfare on the European continent.

Quotes

• It was the fate of Europe to be always a battleground. Differences in race, in religion, in political genius and social ideals, seemed always ... to be invitations to contest by battle.
  • Calvin Coolidge, speech to a delegation of foreign-born citizens at the White House (16 October 1924)

• [H]istorical patterns are clear: When Europeans feel sufficiently threatened–even when the threat's concocted nonsense–they don't just react, they overreact with stunning ferocity. One of their more humane (and frequently employed) techniques has been ethnic cleansing.
  • Ralph Peters, Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the Twenty-First Century (2007), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, p. 332

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Military history of Europe on Wikipedia