History

The latest posts about U.S. and world history, both recent and distant. As William Shakespeare put it, “What’s past is prologue.” History shapes the events that happen today, and it is always important to read about and understand the events that shaped the past to understand how the future will be formed.

History

Diplomacy and Klemens von Metternich

July 16, 2017

Klemens von Metternich was one of Europe’s most conservative statesmen in a time when Napoleonic liberalism was putting Europe through upheaval.  The Europe Metternich envisioned to replace the turmoil of his time was one of