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... Kaunitz ( 1711- 1794 ) , one of the most astute and successful diplomats of the century , an exponent of the older opinion that success could be won as much by ingenuity as by force . From his point of view there were circumstances ...
... Kaunitz ( 1711- 1794 ) , one of the most astute and successful diplomats of the century , an exponent of the older opinion that success could be won as much by ingenuity as by force . From his point of view there were circumstances ...
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... Kaunitz regarded the treaty as the first step in that direction . France was still free to refrain from continental campaigns . On the last day of December 1756 Russia declared her ad- hesion to the treaty of Versailles , and was ...
... Kaunitz regarded the treaty as the first step in that direction . France was still free to refrain from continental campaigns . On the last day of December 1756 Russia declared her ad- hesion to the treaty of Versailles , and was ...
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... Kaunitz , having decided not to take the French alliances of 1756-7 too literally , felt that he had a free hand for an entirely new situation , a situation in which the choice seemed to lie between war and partition . By the beginning ...
... Kaunitz , having decided not to take the French alliances of 1756-7 too literally , felt that he had a free hand for an entirely new situation , a situation in which the choice seemed to lie between war and partition . By the beginning ...
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PART | 11 |
CONTINENTAL EMPIRES MONARCHIES | 48 |
OVERSEAS SETTLEMENT AND TRADE | 74 |
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