In eastern Europe, by contrast, the strategical balances wer
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- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
In eastern Europe, by contrast, the strategical balances were not greatly distorted by the maneuvers of the three great monarchies during the decades after 1763.72 This was chiefly due to the triangular nature of that relationship: neither Berlin nor Vienna in particular, nor even the more assertive St. Petersburg, wished to provoke the other two into a hostile alliance or to be involved in fighting of the dimensions of the Seven Years War.
chapter: The Winning of Wars, 1763–1815