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The unification of Italy and that of Germany constituted a contrast in respect of the ways they were affected and the impact they left on later international politics. Elucidate.

  • UPSC 1995
  • Nation-State System

Italian and German unification, though contemporaneous and interlinked, produced sharply different international consequences because the processes by which each was achieved, and the power each created, differed fundamentally.

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  • How the Two Unifications Were Achieved
  • Contrasting Impact on the European Balance of Power
  • Divergent Trajectories in Later International Politics

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