The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1959 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 95
... Europe . It was the last blow to the old balance of European power . Based for centuries on a weak German centre and strong French , Austrian and Russian wings , European politics were to rest in future on the predominance of the new ...
... Europe . It was the last blow to the old balance of European power . Based for centuries on a weak German centre and strong French , Austrian and Russian wings , European politics were to rest in future on the predominance of the new ...
Page 99
... Europe . After 1878 , even more than in the years since 1871 , the European Powers shrank from serious European conflicts for more than thirty years , during which period they sought security against the complications of modern warfare ...
... Europe . After 1878 , even more than in the years since 1871 , the European Powers shrank from serious European conflicts for more than thirty years , during which period they sought security against the complications of modern warfare ...
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... European expansion by the European Powers . The German Government , losing its old domination of international arrangements in Europe , was tempted to think that it would be unsafe to remain a mere spectator of the race beyond Europe ...
... European expansion by the European Powers . The German Government , losing its old domination of international arrangements in Europe , was tempted to think that it would be unsafe to remain a mere spectator of the race beyond Europe ...
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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