PP203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endangerment, Utopia, Holy Alliance
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Edmund burke (1729-1797) - british mp 1765-94, political theorist. William f. buckley (1925-2008) - writer, journalist, public intellectual. Klemens von metternich (1773-1859) - austrian foreign minister 1809-48, Chancellor 1821-48 - congress of vienna, holy alliance, balance of power. Otto von bismarck (1815-1898) - prussian/german foreign minister 1862-90, Chancellor 1867-90 - unified germany, old-age pensions and medical insurance. Benjamin disraeli (1804-1881) - british pm 1868, 1874-80 - jewish background, novelist, political theorist, one nation conservatism (aka tory democracy) John a. macdonald (1815-1891) - canadian pm 1867-73, 1878-91 - father of. Confederation, national policy (tariffs , canadian pacific railroad) Winston churchill (1874-1965) - british pm 1940-45, 1951-55 - defeated nazis, Konrad adenauer (1876-1967) - west german chancellor 1949-63 - catholic, restored free market liberal democracy to germany. Ronald reagan (1911-2004) - us president 1981-89 - free markets, deregulation, anti-communist cold warrior. Margaret thatcher (1925-2013) - british pm 1979-90 - rolled back socialism.
