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Submitted by Bill in DC, Jul 24, 2007 01:12

I would have been interested to hear a contrast with, say, the Peace of Westphalia or the Treaty of Paris or... Putting the blame on the heads of the diplomats at the Congress of Vienna seems a little like blaming a single meeting of drug gangsters for the crack epidemic of the 1980's. There have been a long series of meetings in which the victors of the previous wars hash out an agreement that is primarily in their own favor, and the next war shows just how little paper matters in issues of national (etc) interest. And how many giant forces of history those diplomats are unable to see coming -- even when the look. To Fournier (7/23, 11:04), blame Ellis Island. He wouldn't have been the first or the last person to have a difficult to pronounce family name change upon arrival. I'm mostly just surprised that they kept it as close as they did.

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small but important point of clarification- the Russians burned Moscow as a deliberate act, not the French. The Russians deliberately... [MORE]	phillip	Jul 24, 2007 22:30
I would have been interested to hear a contrast with, say, the Peace of Westphalia or the Treaty of Paris...	Bill in DC	Jul 24, 2007 01:12
1/10th of Napoleon's army gone to the cold and frost and they just quit? [MORE]	Katy	Jul 23, 2007 21:53
Please Katy...you know full well that the meaning of decimated has grown. It is no longer 1/10. It means destroyed... [MORE]	Brian	Jul 24, 2007 11:03
Ease up, Brian. Of course I know what it means. I wonder how many words have changed to mean nearly the... [MORE]	Katy	Jul 25, 2007 07:36
According to Minard, Napoleon's Army went from 422.000 at the crossing of the Niemen in 1812 to 10.000 when the... [MORE]	Aaragn	Jul 27, 2007 12:16
Why do we need another book on the Congress of Vienna? Germany and Italy - what else do you imagine could... [MORE]	Mick Sherman	Jul 23, 2007 11:50
It's mentioned that the historian, Adam Zamoyski, bears the name of one of the illustrious families of Poland; however, in... [MORE]	André Fournier	Jul 23, 2007 11:04
Ellis Island's creative spelling might have had something to do with the name change. I'm sure there are other versions.... [MORE]	Katy	Jul 23, 2007 22:03

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