Excerpt from Outlines of Military Geography The history Of Europe and America for the last fifty years must have shaken the convictions Of even the most obstinate among those who hold that the regeneration Of society is to be accomplished by peace, and by peace alone. N O historian for some generations to come will venture to assert, as did the late Rev. R. Green, that war plays a small part in the real story Of European nations. Wars have Of late been frequent on both sides Of the Atlantic, and have been waged with a destructive fury far beyond the imaginations Of even Napoleonic warriors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.