Congress of Vienna -Two Books Reviewed EBOOK

The Congress of Vienna, which took place in 1814-15, brought together personalities that dominated their era. The challenge seemed almost impossible: to redraw the lines of Europe after Napoleon’s defeat, replacing the revolutionary governments with ‘legitimate’ systems. Legitimacy, as defined by Kissinger, should not be confused with justice; rather it is an international agreement on the acceptable aims and methods of foreign policy.

This short work compares and contrasts the books by Henry Kissinger and Harold Nicolson on this subject.