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Author Bridge, F. R.

Title The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914.

Publication Info. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

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Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (376 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The Modern European State System
Modern European state system.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The character of international relations 1814-1914; 2 The reconstruction of Europe and the Alliance, 1812-23; The peace settlement of 1814-15; Quadruple Alliance and Holy Alliance, 1815-20; The problem of Revolution and the Neo-Holy Alliance, 1820-21; The Eastern Question, Spain and the Congress of Verona, 1821-23; 3 'Every nation for itself ', 1823-30; Canning, Metternich and the control of the European states system; Iberian issues and South America.
The Eastern Question, 1821-334 From revolution to war, 1830-56; The European states system and the revolutions of 1830; Holy Alliance and Entente Cordiale, 1833-48; The revolutions of 1848 and the restoration of order; The Crimean War and the end of the Holy Alliance, 1852-56; 5 The destruction of the Vienna Settlement in Italy and Germany, 1856-71; General characteristics of the period, 1856-71; The fragmentation of the states system in the aftermath of the Crimean War; The making of the kingdom of Italy, 1856-61; The end of the 1815 order in Germany.
The German question and the peace of Europe, 1866-716 The testing of the new order, 1871-79; General characteristics of the period 1871-1914; A decade of loose alignments, 1871-79; The Eastern crisis of 1875-78; 7 The conservative powers dominate the states system, 1879-95; The first Bismarckian alliance system, 1879-87; Extra-European activities: the disunity of the western powers; The Bulgarian crises of 1885-87 and the second Bismarckian alliance system; The Neue Kurs and the reactivation of French diplomacy; 8 Unstable equilibrium, 1895-1911.
The extra-European world and the European equilibrium, 1895-1902The Austro-Russian Entente; The end of Anglo-German collaboration; The end of Anglo-French antagonism; The First Moroccan crisis and the solidification of the Anglo-French Entente; The Near Eastern crisis and the end of the Austro-Russian Entente; The flexibility of the European states system, 1909-11; 9 Polarization and war, 1911-1914; The Second Moroccan crisis; The Tripoli War and the destabilization of the Near East; The Balkan Wars; The last year of peace; Chronology; Bibliography; Index of persons; General Index.
Summary This book illuminates, in the form of a clear, well-paced and student-friendly analytical narrative, the functioning of the European states system in its heyday, the crucial century between the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and the outbreak of the First World War just one hundred years later. In this substantially revised and expanded version of the text, the author has included the results of the latest research, a body of additional information and a number of carefully designed maps that will make the subject even more accessible to readers.
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Subject Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1871.
Europe.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1815-1871
Subject Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1871-1918.
Chronological Term 1871-1918
Subject Europe -- Politics and government -- 1815-1871.
Politics and government.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918.
Chronological Term 1815-1918
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bullen, Roger.
Other Form: Print version: Bridge, F.R. Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780582784581
ISBN 9781317867913 (electronic book)
1317867912 (electronic book)
9781317867920
1317867920