Copyright Date:
2009
Edition Date:
2009
Release Date:
11/11/11
Pages:
126 pages
ISBN:
1-604-13497-6
ISBN 13:
978-1-604-13497-1
Dewey:
940.2
LCCN:
2009022862
Dimensions:
25 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2012)
These new titles in the Milestones in Modern World History series give clear, thorough, and interesting explanations for major world events that continue to have an impact on today's world. The books begin by highlighting a particular moment of significance and then explaining what led to that moment and what came after. The events in The Congress of Vienna took place after the defeat of Napoleon, when the fragmented nations of Europe agreed on some ground rules to avoid another war. This volume is especially welcome as the topic is rarely covered for students. Each title includes photographs, time lines, and maps (although more maps appearing earlier in the books would have been helpful). Obviously, in 120-plus pages, these books can't dig too deeply into a particular event, but they do a very fine job of bringing students up to speed on world events about which they probably know little.
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In late 1814, representatives from all of the major European nations met in Vienna, the Austrian capital, to try to reorganize the continent. Europe had just undergone 25 years of bloody war and revolution, with kings toppled from their thrones and radical new ideas disseminated about political liberty and nationalism. What the diplomats sought to achieve in Vienna was not merely a temporary peace treaty, but a permanent way of resolving disagreements by negotiation rather than conflict among countries. The Congress of Vienna discusses what the statesmen hoped to achieve in Vienna, analyzes the mixed fortunes of the Congress System they established, and looks at the congress's legacy of international mediation in our era through such institutions as the United Nations Security Council.
Excerpted from The Congress of Vienna by Alan Allport
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In late 1814, representatives from all of the major European nations met in Vienna, the Austrian capital, to try to reorganize the continent. Europe had just undergone 25 years of bloody war and revolution, with kings toppled from their thrones and radical new ideas disseminated about political liberty and nationalism. What the diplomats sought to achieve in Vienna was not merely a temporary peace treaty, but a permanent way of resolving disagreements by negotiation rather than conflict among countries. The Congress of Vienna discusses what the statesmen hoped to achieve in Vienna, analyzes the mixed fortunes of the "Congress System" they established, and looks at the congress's legacy of international mediation in our era through such institutions as the United Nations Security Council.
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