HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Holy Alliance, Carl Von Clausewitz
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The congress of vienna and the congress system. Congress of vienna was special because never before a group of statements carefully drafted the international order. Karl von clausewitz said, once barrier which in sense consist only in man"s ignorance of what is possible are all torn down, they are not easily set up again. The congresses of vienna redraw the maps of genova. The congress of vienna was not assembled for discussion of moral purposes but rather it was assembled for practical purposes particularly a general effectual provision for general security. The allied power wanted to establish an international order and. However the national self-interests of the individual states was a fundamental threat to its power. Russia believed that they have greatly contributed and were expecting territorial gains and have made a deal with prussian to keep the kingdom of poland and prussia was in exchange to keep a german province to the east saxony.
