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    Locked in a balance of power since the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the world was dominated by the great European powers of Britain, France, Russia, and Austria, and at the Congress of Vienna itself, Prussia had been a minor concern. Though the Prussians had come through in time to assist the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, they were nevertheless taken for granted at the conference, with the major powers instead preferring to deal with the more historically powerful Austrian Hapsburgs. In his scathing commentary on Prussian culture, When Blood is Their Argument, Ford Maddox Ford attempted to explain the sudden rise of Prussian political and economic status from 1849-1880, writing, “She [Prussia] had pushed herself from being a bad second in the comity of Germanism into a position of equality with, if not of predominance over, Austria, amongst the German peoples.” Prussian leaders, especially Otto von Bismarck, the chancellor and advisor to Prussia’s king, believed Prussia could be a united and respected power, but only without the traditional Austrian dominance. At the time, the Austrian empire was a collection of ethnically diverse peoples and had been dominated by a socio-political conservatism that sought to keep the empire ruled in Hapsburg tradition. After Prussia was victorious in the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck played a waiting game where the unification of Germany was concerned, as the joining of the southern states - initially resistant to Prussian rule, friendly with Austria, and bent on independence - would have to be overcome. What was needed was “a clear case of French aggression” toward either Prussia or the southern states. Not only would such a move by Emperor Napoleon III trigger the terms of the treaty between the German states, but it would keep the remaining world powers out of the conflict. The Franco-Prussian War started in August 1870, and a number of victories followed for the Prussians in battles in northeast Fr ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Teutsch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/130104/bk_acx0_130104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rechtsschutz im Rahmen der Positive Comity-Regelung. Art. 6 des Wettbewerbsabkommens zwischen der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft und der EU - 1. Auflage: ab 12.99 €
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    Cooperation Comity and Competition Policy: ab 118.99 €
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    Altruism Narcissism Comity: ab 41.49 €
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    Altruism Narcissism Comity: ab 41.49 €
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    Japan's Accession to the Comity of Nations: ab 40.99 €
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