"Goes far beyond the conventional limits of diplomatic history. . . . [The] analysis of the interaction of public opinion, pressure groups, and public policy casts considerable new light on the political and economic structure of the Second Empire. . . . An impressive achievement of scholarship."-History

"Goes far beyond the conventional limits of diplomatic history. . . . [The] analysis of the interaction of public opinion, pressure groups, and public policy casts considerable new light on the political and economic structure of the Second Empire. . . . An impressive achievement of scholarship."-History