No period of European history is as widely studied as that from the Vienna settlement to the Treaty of Versailles. Yet few periods are so widely misunderstood.
Provocatively reinterpreting the events from 1815 to 1920 in Europe, "From Vienna to Versailles" dispels the myths that obscure much nineteenth-century history. Seaman reexamines the notion that middle class-discontent fomented the 1848 revolutions, that Napolean III overthrew' the Second Republic, and that a condition of international anarchy existed in the decade before 1914, among others. Emphatic and challenging, "From Vienna to Versailles" interprets events rather than simply enumerating them, inspiring its readers to have opinions about history, to take sides and debate, to take part in history's writing.

Chapter 1 THE VIENNA SETTLEMENT; Chapter 2 THE CONGRESS SYSTEM AND THE HOLY ALLIANCE 1815-1820; Chapter 3 THE HOLY ALLIANCE, EUROPE AND THE EAST 1820-1841; Chapter 4 THE CRIMEAN WAR-CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES; Chapter 5 REVOLUTION: ORIGINS; Chapter 6 1815-1848: THE AGE OF FRUSTRATION; Chapter 7 1848: YEAR OF FAILURE; Chapter 8 LOUIS NAPOLEON, SECOND REPUBLIC AND SECOND EMPIRE; Chapter 9 NAPOLEON III AND CAVOUR; Chapter 10 CAVOUR AND GARIBALDI; Chapter 11 BISMARCK AND GERMANY 1862-1871; Chapter 12 BISMARCK AND GERMANY 1871-1890; Chapter 13 IMPERIAL CONFLICTS AND EUROPEAN ALIGNMENTS 1875-1907; Chapter 14 CRY HAVOC...1907-1914; Chapter 15 THROUGH WAR TO PEACE 1914-1920;