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The coalitions against Napoleon were formed through treaties that were “intended to ensure the loyalty of the members of this coalition to one another, to sustain the willingness of its members to fight the war through to a successful conclusion, and to prevent its members from making separate peace with France at the expense of one another” (Rich, 1992: 3). Therefore with such new characteristics, these coalitions were profoundly different from those made in the 18th century since they “contained political, territorial and economic provisions that all members deemed essential to safeguard and promote their individual interests and to ensure the future stability of Europe as a whole” (Rich, 1992: 3). In this respect, the coalitions which in definition had loose characteristics were transformed into alliances with obligatory and coercive features.