British financial support for allied armies is treated as a source of political leverage after Napoleon's defeat. Glynn Stewart recalls repeated threats to stop sending money when allies resisted British wishes. Alex Clarke estimates that continued support lasted another five or six years and compares the arrangement with American financial influence after the Second World War. The comparison concerns the dependence created by funding an ally, with the speakers drawing their historical starting point from Andrew Lambert's book.
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British subsidies and leverage over allied armies
Funding allied armies could give Britain influence beyond the campaign that originally brought the coalition together.