A Carefully Planned Accident

A Carefully Planned Accident PDF Author: Arnold Blumberg
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780945636076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Book Description
In July 1858, Count Cavour, prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, met Napoleon III to plot the provocation of war with Austria, the result of which would be the complete expulsion of Habsburg power from Italy and the creation of an Italian confederation. This work describes the means whereby diplomacy was utilized to precipitate the war and traces its continuing role during and after the hostilities.