Kissinger, Henry.

A world restored Metternich, Castlereagh and the problems of peace, 1812-22 - London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1957 - 354 p. 23 cm.

After the fall of Napoleon, European diplomats gathered in a festive Vienna with the task of restoring stability following the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. The central figures at the Congress of Vienna were the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Viscount Castlereagh and the Foreign Minister of Austria Klemens Wenzel von Mettern Metternich. Castlereagh was primarily concerned with maintaining balanced powers, while Metternich based his diplomacy on the idea of legitimacy-that is, establishing and working with governments that citizens accept without force. The peace they brokered lasted until the outbreak of World War I.

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Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Fürst von, 1773-1859.

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