Beatrice de Graaf is Distinguished Professor and holds the Chair of History of International Relations at Utrecht University. She was awarded the Stevin Prize in 2018, the highest distinction in Dutch academia. Tegen de Terreur, the Dutch version of this book, was shortlisted for the Libris Prize.

• Prologue, 1. Introduction: Napoleon's frustration; 2. Providence in Paris; 3. Balancing in a climate of distress; 4. 'A moderate occupation'; 5. 'Fausses nouvelles' and 'Black lists': the Allied struggle against 'armed Jacobinism'; 6. Fighting 'terroristes' together: towards a 'European police directorate'?; 7. The price of security; 8. Fortress Europe: constructing the 'Wellington barrier'; 9. Beyond Europe; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.

'Beatrice de Graaf provides a deep and brilliantly original history of the idea of Europe, not as an imagined essence, but as a dynamic co-operative platform, a trans-national way of legitimating authority and action. Compellingly argued, elegantly written and rich in arresting episodes, Fighting Terror after Napoleon is a stimulating and provocative re-reading of early nineteenth-century Europe.' Sir Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914