Finally, because France was a central actor within the diplomatic European order at the end of the 18th century, its revolution was bound to have important consequences on western European geopolitics (and also in America due to its colonies) and on the law of nations, as it was commonly admitted as well. On the one hand, it is part of a chain of revolutionary movements in Europe (such as the Belgian, Liège, Genevan, and Batavian revolutions) on the other, it has a universal and cosmopolitan dimension that was immediately clear to all contemporaries. This wide-ranging and penetrating study will be of great interest to historians, political scientists, and students of international relations.The French Revolution is not a strictly national phenomenon confined within the boundaries of the kingdom of France. A European consensus on a new political balance was developed, with new rules to maintain it, ushering in a uniquely peaceful, progressive period in European international politics. The Vienna Settlement established peace, he demonstrates, by abandoning, not restoring, the competitive balance-of-power politics of the eighteenth century, and devising a new political equilibrium in its stead. He shows how the practice of international politics was transformed in revolutionary ways with extensive and beneficial effects. Schroeder also provides a new sharply revisionist account of the course of international politics over these years and a major reinterpretation of the structure and operation of the international system.
Schroeder examines the wars, political crises, and intricate diplomatic transactions of the age, many of which, especially the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, had far-reaching consequences for modern Europe. Paul Schroeder's comprehensive and authoritative addition to the Oxford History of Modern Europe charts the course of international history over the turbulent era of 1763-1848 in which the map of Europe and much of the world was redrawn time and again.
Taylor's classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918. This landmark study of European international politics is a worthy complement to A.J.P.
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