History A-Level
Diplomacy and great-power politics
What Diplomacy and great-power politics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Diplomacy and great-power politics
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Cavour cultivated Napoleon III, whose sympathy for Italian nationalism was tempered by French interests, and agreed that France would aid Piedmont if Austria attacked.
Topics that use Diplomacy and great-power politics
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 3 The creation of the Kingdom of Italy, 1856–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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