128: The Causes of World War I (From the Congress of Vienna to Franz Ferdinand & the Marne)
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German Nationalism and the Austrian Revolution of 1848
In 1848, France pushes deeper into liberal and democratic thought with the Republic establishing revolution. But will Austria finally surrender its rule of non-Germanic peoples to merge with Prussia as a large Germany? If not, do they move forward without the Austrians to form a smaller Germany under Prussia leadership? A Klein dutch! The answer is neither. With few exceptions, the monarchs of Europe rally, crushing the revolutionaries and rescinding most promised reforms in the process. Ironically, many of the governments and political leaders vanquishing the revolutionaries today will become the very ones to usher in liberal reforms and map altering the world. Though more interested in empire than nationalism, this is precisely the
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