A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna

1959 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-460
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Barraclough
Keyword(s):  
Diplomatic History ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe

IV. John Capodistrias and the Greeks Before 1821

1957 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Crawley
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Diplomatic History ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Foreign Service ◽  
British Foreign Policy ◽  
Leading Position ◽  
History Of ◽  
Biographical Study ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
Of Greece

The career of John Capodistrias (1776–1831) is briefly described, and his personality is discussed, in every work which deals with the diplomatic history of Europe and of Russia during the second half of the reign of the Tsar Alexander I. Entering the Russian foreign service in 1809, he rose five years later to a leading position in it and retired, disappointed, to Switzerland in 1822. As President of Greece from March 1827 until his death in October 1831 he became a more central, and a still more controversial, figure in the history of that country; this period still has a special fascination for Greek writers, and much has been added in recent years to the number of published works, including more than one biography, several studies of one period or one aspect of his career and a host of books which, directly or indirectly, throw some light upon it. But the modern Greek language is a barrier to many readers outside Greece, and there has been no biographical study in a more ‘accessible’ language since K. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's book, Graf Kapodistrias (1864) which was intended to be sympathetic but reflected strongly the outlook of a German liberal constitutionalist of that age. Much of the early writing about Capodistrias was also coloured by the fear and suspicion of Russia which prevailed in Western Europe in the half century after his death. No English writer seems to have been attracted to him except in relation to British foreign policy; the most detailed modern study in French, perhaps, is to be found in E. Driault and M. L'Héritier, Histoire diplomatique de la Grèce de 1821 à nos jours (in vols. 1–11, 1925–6); but this is confined, as the title shows, to the diplomatic side and, though valuable, is not free from some rash judgments.

Diplomacy and the Military in France and Prussia, 1870

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-353
Author(s):  
Dennis E. Showalter
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Diplomatic History ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
German Empire ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
The Military

It is a textbook cliché that the diplomatic history of Europe between 1815 and 1914 was characterized by the increasing prominence of military men and military considerations in policy-making. It is almost as generally accepted that the Franco-Prussian War was a milestone in the development of this process, particularly in the new German Empire. What must not be overlooked in the search for future portents, however, is the consistently minor role soldiers on both sides actually played in the diplomacy of 1870. This essay offers some generalizations on the background and structure of the relationships between soldiers and statesmen during the Franco-Prussian War.

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