Author: William Allan SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Napoleon 3. and the Spanish Revolution of 1868
Author: William Allan SmithThe Spanish Revolution, 1868-1875
Author: Edward Henry StrobelPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020309786
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover one of the lesser-known revolutions of European history with this in-depth look at the Spanish Revolution of 1868-1875. The book highlights the political upheavals that took place during this time, including the collapse of Isabella II's government and the subsequent struggle for power among rival factions. Anyone interested in political history will appreciate this nuanced and insightful account. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Toward the New Spain
Author: Joseph August BrandtPublisher: Philadelphia : Porcupine Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A Duel of Giants
Author: David WetzelPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299174941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Combining impeccable scholarship and literary elegance, David Wetzel depicts the drama of machinations and passions that exploded in a war that forever changed the face of European history.
Justice and the Genesis of War
Author: David A. WelchPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Studies of the causes of wars generally presuppose a 'realist' account of motivation: when statesmen choose to wage war, they do so for purposes of self-preservation or self-aggrandizement. In this book, however, David Welch argues that humans are motivated by normative concerns, the pursuit of which may result in behaviour inconsistent with self-interest. He examines the effect of one particular type of normative motivation - the justice motive - in the outbreak of five Great Power wars: the Crimean war, the Franco-Prussian war, World War I, World War II, and the Falklands war. Realist theory would suggest that these wars would be among the least likely to be influenced by considerations other than power and interest, but the author demonstrates that the justice motive played an important role in the genesis of war, and that its neglect by theorists of international politics is a major oversight.
Modern Spain
Author: Martin Andrew Sharp HumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Citizenship and Wars
Author: Dr Bertrand TaithePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134554028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Putting the latest theoretical thinking into empirical use, the author assesses how the function of the state and its citizens changed during the Paris Commune and Franco-Prussian War.
Bismarck, the Hohenzollern Candidacy, and the Origins of the Franco-German War of 1870
Author: Lawrence D. SteefelPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789124948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
It is known that the plan to elect a Prussian prince to the Spanish throne was the proximate, and Bismarck’s “Ems telegram” an immediate cause of the war of 1870. But much has remained obscure about the roles of the principal figures. Lawrence Steefel fills in the lacunae with secret German documents available only after World War II, including the correspondence between Bismarck and Marshal Prim of Spain. It becomes clear that Bismarck did not initiate the Hohenzollern candidacy and that one of his most important reasons for adopting it was his fear of an anti-Prussian coalition of Catholic powers.
Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity
Author: Joanna RakPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351205730
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
After the multidimensional financial crisis of 2008, the member states of the Eurozone imposed a set of economic policies to save their economies. Socially unpopular cuts contributed to the occurrence of violent movements that both opposed austerity policies and created animosity towards the politicians who implemented them. Combining qualitative and quantitative comparative analyses from anti-austerity movements in 14 Eurozone states from 2007 to 2015, Joanna Rak develops an original typology of patterns of a culture of political violence to explain why some anti-austerity movements turned to violence and others did not, despite having shared goals and political values. She uncovers the very nature of the differences and similarities between cultures of political violence, identifies their sources, and determines their differing results. Simultaneously, she opens a discussion on the exploratory and explanatory utility of the category of a culture of political violence in the Social Sciences. Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity casts new light on the scholarly debate on cultures of political violence and anti-austerity violent behavior, making it a compelling read for scholars of political sociology, political behavior, comparative politics, European politics, and sociology.
The Caribbean Policy of the Ulysses S. Grant Administration
Author: Stephen McCullough Stephen McCulloughPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498500137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
From 1869 to 1877, the United States found itself deeply involved in the Caribbean as Washington sought to replace European influence and colonialism with an informal American empire. The Ulysses S. Grant administration primarily dealt with an uprising in Spanish Cuba known as the Ten Years’ War that threatened to draw in the United States. The Cuban rebels used the United States as a base of support, causing conflict between Washington and Madrid. Many Americans, including Grant, wanted to replace Spanish rule in Cuba with a U.S. protectorate, but Secretary of State Hamilton Fish opposed American colonial entanglements. President Grant looked to expand U.S. interests in the Caribbean. He looked to acquire colonies to provide naval bases to protect the trade routes to a potential American built and controlled canal in Central America. Fish preferred to expand U.S. commercial interests in the region rather than acquiring colonies. At no time was he prepared to obligate the United States to any long-term commitments. He wanted to end the war in Cuba because it hurt U.S. economic interests. He had no desire to acquire territory, but expected the Caribbean to fall into the U.S. economic sphere. Despite his personal opposition to territorial acquisition in Fish went along with Grant’s Dominican annexation project because he foresaw it as a chance to end European imperialism and to gain the president’s confidence. The Senate’s failure to approve the Dominican annexation only hardened his opposition to the creation of an American empire. He rejected Haitian offers of a naval base within that country, and he continually sought an end to the Cuban rebellion, lest it drag in the United States. Though the administration’s many peace initiatives failed, it forestalled Congressional intervention and kept the United States neutral in the conflict.