TY - BOOK AU - Siemann, Wolfram TI - Metternich: strategist and visionary SN - 9780674743922 U1 - 940.27092 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Belknap Press KW - History--Europe N1 - Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1. Origins: Family Ties and the Rise of the Metternichs Chapter 2. Metternich's Generation: Ancien Regime and Enlightenment, 1773-1792 Chapter 3. A Double Crisis: Empire and Revolution, 1789-1801 Chapter 4. Between Peace and War: Life as an Ambassador, 1801-1806 Chapter 5. World War: Outset and Intensification, 1806-1812 Chapter 6. World War: Climax and Crisis, 1813 Chapter 7. World war: Catastrophe and Resolution,1814 Chapter 8. The End of an Era and a New Beginning for Europe: The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815 Chapter 9. Connoisseur of Women and Head of the Entail Chapter 10. The Construction of a New Beginning: Reform and Reconstruction, 1815-1818 Chapter 11. Defensive Security Policies: Averting Threats Under the Vienna System, 1815-1829 Chapter 12. The Economist : Metternich as a Capitalist with a Social Conscience Managing Financial Crises Chapter 13. The Spring of Nations amid Poverty, 1830-1847 Chapter 14. The Organization of Rule: Power Centers, Networks, Interests, Intrigues Chapter 15. Revolution, Escape, Exile, 1848-1851 Chapter 16. At the Observatory: Twilight Years in Vienna, 1851-1859 Epilogue : Metternich as a Postmodern Character in Early Modernity Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index ER -