Metternich and the French expedition to Algeria (1830)

Title:

Metternich and the French expedition to Algeria (1830)

Creator:

Šedivý, Miroslav

Identifier:

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Format:

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Description:

The purpose of this essay is to analyse the attitude of one of the most important personalities of the 19th century, Austrian Chancellor Metternich, towards the French adventure in North Africa in the year 1830. Based almost solely on research into unpublished documents housed in the archives in Vienna, Paris, London, Berlin and Munich, the paper claims that Metternich´s attitude towards the French intervention in Algeria had been based, since the very beginning, on the principles that guided his diplomacy in the Near East in general i.e. maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and the sultan´s sovereignty and his rights. In conclusion, the paper argues that the French expedition in Algeria is not only a textbook example of Mettermich´s realism and pragmatism, but also of his extraordinary forsight.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

Archiv orientální | 2008 Volume:76 | Number:1

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