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Italian unification is truly fascinating because on paper you’d think it should happen sooner and yet it was one of the last European nations to form
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Anonymous 29w

Cavour is also an extremely gifted statesman who is sort of overshadowed by his contemporary, Otto von Bismarck

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Anonymous 26w

Italian unification was unlikely because of all the infighting and foreign interference/interests. The Austrians and the French, the Spanish/Aragonese, and the Ottoman threat. Machiavelli speaks of this

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Anonymous 23w

Same for Germany

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