... in the young Italy. So foreign aid was generally unavailable in the first generation of the nineteenth century. Moreover, any war against Austria in the 1820's would mean war against Russia and Prussia too because the Holy Alliance acted as international police force resisting the tide of change. So the political, diplomatic and military condition in 1820's and 1830's did not favour ... the unity of Italy and saved it from foreign interference. These were the bases for the importance of Cavour's role in the Risorgimento. In a nutshell, Napoleon III made Italian unification possible by s...

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... German Unification had already been attempted by the liberal democrats, yet the established National Assembly was ineffective, and eventually crushed by the Prussian military. Otto von Bismarck also longed for a united Germany, however he was delighted this did not happen under the banner of liberalism, ... was to restore the Kings executive power and ensure that he, Bismarck, alone decide over Prussia's military budget. Bismarck was not only rigorous in his domestic, but also in his foreign policies, he knew, that to unite Germany under Prussia, he had to eliminate Austrian influence. ...

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... Confederation which included Prussia, Hannover, Saxany, and a few other independent German states. The confederation consisted of two houses. The upper-house represents the states, had extensive control of foreign policy, and economic affairs. The lower-house was "elected through free male suffrage by secret ballet." (5) The lower-house also controlled the confederation budget. The southern German states ... major economic power, Bismarck made uniform legal codes, nationalized railways, and a common bureaucracy. Germany also had a newly formed army which young men were given great rewar...

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