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‘For a tired and timid generation Metternich was the necessary man.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 1993
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Klemens von Metternich, Austrian Foreign Chancellor from 1809 to 1848, dominated European statecraft for over three decades after the fall of Napoleon.

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  • The Making of a "Tired" Generation
  • Metternich's Temperament Matched the Moment
  • The Necessity Made Concrete: Suppression as Reassurance
  • The Limits of the "Necessary Man" Thesis

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