Ye Olde Snippets: Bismarck’s Secret to Good Diplomacy
“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
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“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
Read More Ye Olde Snippets: Bismarck’s Secret to Good DiplomacyThis week, just over 250 years ago, the battle of Rossbach ended with Frederick the Great’s Prussia crushing the armies of France, the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. A year into the Seven Years’ War, the 18th century’s answer to a World War, and things weren’t looking too good for Prussia. United as a kingdom […]
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