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Published
Harvard University Press, November 2014
ISBN
9780674729711
Format
Hardcover, 448 pages

The Congress of Vienna Power and Politics After Napoleon by

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Historians have dismissed the pageantry of the Vienna Congress as window dressing when compared with the serious maneuverings of sovereigns and statesmen. By seeing these two dimensions as interconnected, Brian Vick reveals how one of the most important diplomatic summits in history managed to redraw the map of Europe and the international system.

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