MODERN EUROPE. 1789-1914 BY SYDNEY HERBERT MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON 1916 COPYRIGHT TO MY WIFE PKEFACE THE object of this book is to describe the main lines of de velopment pursued in European politics since the beginning of the French Kevolution in 1789. To do this on a really adequate scale would require a work of immensely greater dimensions, and I have attempted no more than an intro ductory sketch. One result of the Great War has been that a very large number of people is seeking, for the ...
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MODERN EUROPE. 1789-1914 BY SYDNEY HERBERT MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON 1916 COPYRIGHT TO MY WIFE PKEFACE THE object of this book is to describe the main lines of de velopment pursued in European politics since the beginning of the French Kevolution in 1789. To do this on a really adequate scale would require a work of immensely greater dimensions, and I have attempted no more than an intro ductory sketch. One result of the Great War has been that a very large number of people is seeking, for the first time, seriously to understand what are called foreign affairs, the relations in which England stands to other States, and the causes which have helped to produce the present world convulsion. It is a commonplace that the causes which bring states to hostility or friendship can only be under stood when something is known of their respective histories, of the manner of their growth, and of the forces which have conditioned that growth. I have tried, therefore, to pro duce a book which will assist such students as I have de scribed to gain a foundation of knowledge upon which they can build by further studies. The modesty of my purpose has conditioned the method pursued in writing the book. I have consistently en deavoured to show how the internal histories of the Euro pean States have affected their external relations, and how these in turn have influenced domestic development. The method of dealing with the history of each nation separately and continuously has many advantages, but these were vii viii MODERN EUROPE outweighed in my mind by the desire to describe the forces moulding Europe as a whole. Desire, I fear, has certainly outrun performance I can only saythat I have spared no pains to make my narrative intelligible and accurate. The last two chapters, dealing, as they do, with diplo matic history since the Treaty of Berlin, are outlines only. So many of the events which have occurred since that date are still shrouded in mystery that it woul J. have, been dangerous for me to have attempted more. There is so much that we do not know the inner history of the Franco-Russian Alliance, the degree and extent to which German diplomacy was responsible for the Greco-Turkish War, the real origins of the Balkan League. Much secret history has been revealed since August 1914, but the whole truth about these, and many other matters, is hardly likely to be known to our generation. I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to my friend, Mr. A. E. Zirnmern, who has read the whole work in manu script, and to Lieut. Cyril Burton, who gave me many valuable suggestions for the first book. Their kindness has been of the greatest possible assistance to me. I cannot forbear also to express my gratitude for the sympathetic encouragement I have received from my publishers. S. H. September 1915. CONTENTS BOOK I CHAPTER I EUROPE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION CHAPTER II EUROPE AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . . . . .12 CHAPTER III EUROPE AND NAPOLEON 21 CHAPTER IV THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE .... CHAPTER V THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT ...... 42 ix x MODERN EUROPE BOOK II CHAPTEK L PAOB TJIE RESTORATION 55 CHAPTER II EUROPE UNDER METTERNICII . . . . . .66 CHAPTER III THE MOVEMENTS OF 1830 78 CHAPTER IV THE NEW NATIONALISM 87 CHAPTER V THE EVE OF REVOLUTION . . . . . . .97 BOOK III CHAPTER I THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION I Ill CHAPTER II THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION II 123 CHAPTER III THEREVOLUTIONARY COLLAPSE 134 CONTENTS xi BOOK IV CHAPTER I i PAGE THE NEAR EASTERN QUESTION I 147 CHAPTER II ITALIAN UNITY 159 CHAPTER III PRUSSIA AND AUSTIUA . . . . . . .173 CHAPTER IV BlSMAHCK AND NAPOLEON III 185 CHAPTER V NATIONAL REORGANISATIONS . . . . . .199 CHAPTER VI THE NEAII EASTERN QUESTION II 211 BOOK V CHAPTER I EXTK A-NATIONAL FORCES 221 xii MODERN EUROPE CHAPTER II PAUE DIPLOMATIC HISTOIIY 1879-1900 234 CHAPTER III DIPLOMATIC HISTORY 1901-1914 243 BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 INDEX 257
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