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The events of 1848–9 in Italy (see Section 9) at least made the direction towards unification somewhat clearer. The failure of the revolutions and the defeat of Piedmont by Austria meant that Charles Albert’s claim that ‘Italia fara da se’ was nonsense. Success would require outside help to dislodge Austria from northern Italy. It also needed more positive leadership by a revived Piedmont. The man who was responsible for bringing about both of these was the Piedmontese chief minister, Count Camillo di Cavour. However, even Cavour could not totally control events, and the unification of Italy took some rather unexpected turns.
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Beales, D, The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy (Allen & Unwin, 1971).
Hearder, H., Cavour (Historical Association, 1972).
Mack Smith, D., Cavour and Garibaldi 1860 (Cambridge, 1954).
Mack Smith, D., Victor Emmanuel, Cavour and the Risorgimento (Oxford, 1971).
Ramm, A., The Risorgimento (Historical Association, 1972).
Ridley, J., Garibaldi (Constable, 1974).
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Miller, S.T. (1988). The Unification of Italy 1850–71. In: Mastering Modern European History. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19580-0_13
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