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Why did the France of Napoleon III become isolated in Europe by 1870 ?
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... Why did the France of Napoleon III become isolated in Europe by 1870 ? It was Napoleon III's intention - as it had been that of his predecessors - to secure revision of the 1815 settlement to France's advantage. Yet his claim in 1852 that ''L'Empire, c'est la paix'' was an attempt to reassure a nervous Europe that there would be no resurgence of France's feared military capacity. Rather, he sought to dismantle the 1815 settlement by peaceful means not by conflict. A prerequisite for achieving this was rapprochement with Britain whose influence, he believed, was indispensable if congresses of the Powers were to be established for solving disputes and reconciling differences. By the 1860's such sentiments were incompatible with Bismarck's resolve to settle the problems of the day by ''iron and blood''. Soon, Napoleon's hesitant and maladroit diplomacy was not only to prove to be no match for Bismarck's ruthless
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