... basis and military force to fight Austrian rule in Italy. The three great task of achieving unity, explosion of Austrian from Italy and gaining liberty had to be sacrificed to achieve national unity under Piedmont. As Rascaoli says "Piedmont today is all of Italy." Cavour when he came to power, carried out vigourous economic reform and industrial development since he knew that ... a strong economic basis was the prerequisite for national struggle. Moreover, he knew that diplomacy was important by exploiting the revolution of 1848 when the Holy Alliance was on the reign of collapse, Ital...

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