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No More Napoleons Rainer Metzger An account of a centuryHow, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonapartemanipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire. At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continents borders were redrawn, and the French Empire, once a significant threat to British security, was for now cut down to size. But after decades of ceaseless conflict, Britains economy was beset by a