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Comment author: [deleted] 16 November 2012 02:17:01PM 2 points [-]

I thought you where talking about the whole of Europe not commenting just on French-British relations.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 16 November 2012 02:21:00PM *  0 points [-]

Ah, I thought you were talking about one of the subremarks where I said:

Moreover, much of the lack of war during the Concert is attributable to a drop in the number of conflicts between France and Britain which in that time period had become functioning democracies.

That was in the context of what caused the Concert to work.

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