Revolution and reaction in Europe and their effects on the international system.
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Waldhauser, Michael Gordo
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1991-12Advisor
Abenheim, Donald
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Stolfi, Russel H.S.
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This thesis examines two periods of major revolutionary
change in Europe - France in 1789 and Central Europe in 1848 -
to determine what forces emerged from the associated events to
undermine the stability of the existing international system.
Although both revolutionary periods were different, each
produced the following destabilizing forces: heightened
nationalism; a decline in the internationalist perspective
among the ruling elites; instability among the ruling elites;
conflict in the center of Europe; heightened awareness and
importance of ideological differences; a breakdown in the
cohesiveness of the international system; and finally
diplomacy that was characterized by the pursuit of policies
that had vastly greater ends pursued with greatly expanded
means. Similar forces appear to be emerging in the aftermath of the upheavals of 1989, and therefore the friction in the
international system will increase similarly to the past. In
effect, the tentative uniformities among destabilizing forces
after 1789 and 1848 will come into operation after 1989.
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