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The Congress of Vienna and its legacy : war and great power diplomacy after Napoleon
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The Vienna Congress marked one of the turning points in diplomatic history - an attempt to create an 'international order' to secure peace for the 19th century. Mark Jarrett argues that the Congres...
The Vienna Congress marked one of the turning points in diplomatic history - an attempt to create an 'international order' to secure peace for the 19th century. Mark Jarrett argues that the Congress in fact marked the beginning of the end for the Ancien Regime, and has had an enormous influence, right through to present day.
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- Creator
- Mark Jarrett
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- Language
- English
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- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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- xvi, 522 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781780761169, 1780761163
- OCLC
- ocn779245638
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The European state system and the Napoleonic Wars -- The collapse of the Napoleonic Empire, 1812-14 -- The Congress of Vienna, 1814-15 -- The birth of the congress system, 1815-18 -- The alliance in operation, 1819-20 -- Rift and reunion, 1820-22 -- The twilight of the congress system, 1822-23 -- The legacy of the congress system : success or failure?