Realpolitik policies were employed in response to the failed Revolutions of as means to strengthen states and tighten social order. Book Review. However, he played down the liberal side of realpolitik as he became the chief propagandist for the Prussian court. I have demonstrated that Bismarck was in many ways sui generis. This difference in cognitive style is first evident in Bismarck's personal dispute with Leopold von Gerlach over the Bund envoy's suggestion to invite Napoleon for a state visit to Berlin.
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