The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850 by Brendan Simms
To a contemporary observer in 1780, the outcome of the struggle for mastery in Germany was entirely open. This study shows why, after the upheavals - domestic and internal - of the revolutionary period and the geopolitical revolution of 1815, Prussia, and not Austria, was on the verge of winning the struggle for mastery by mid-century.