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This is a survey of the foreign relations of the great powers. The author describes how statesmen conducted foreign policy, how they dealt with crisis situations, and how they succeeded or failed in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0070522545
ISBN13:9780070522541
Release Date:December 1991
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
Length:502 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"
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European History at its finest
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is truly one of the best textbooks I have ever read and I would even recommend it for popular consumption. Rich writes very clearly and in excellent detail talks about how the great powers of Europe interacted. He covers the period from the congress of Vienna to the start of World War 1. Some of the major issues he touches upon are the Crimean war, rise of Germany and unification of Italy, Mexican American war, Spanish American war and the Balkan wars which led to World War 1. He also analyzes diplomacy during this period to understand how people like Metternich and Bismarck worked to keep the world out of war. The rush for colonization in Africa is addressed as are problems in Asia like the opium war. This is an excellent read that I cannot recommend enough.
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