JOINT CABINET CRISIS EUROPE 1864 JOINT CABINET CRISIS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................ 2 WELCOME LETTER .................................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION TO CRISIS ...................................................................................................................................... 4 THE BACKROOM ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 THE FRONTROOM.......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 THE CHAIR ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 DEUS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 DIRECTIVES.................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 FINAL REMARKS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 TIMELINE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEMPORARY IDEOLOGY .................................................................... 9 POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC BACKGROUND .................................................................................................. 12 TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 MILITARY ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 PRUSSIA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 POLITICS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 DEMOGRAPHICS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 ECONOMY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 MILITARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 History ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Conscription System............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Numbers ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Armaments ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Tactics ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 CABINET GOALS AND DYNAMICS .............................................................................................................................................. 23 FRANCE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 FOREIGN POLICY ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 POLITICS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 MILITARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 ECONOMY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 CABINET GOALS AND DYNAMICS .............................................................................................................................................. 30 AUSTRIA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 POLITICS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 ECONOMY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 MILITARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 ORGANISATION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35 WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 PROBLEMS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 CABINET GOALS AND DYNAMICS .............................................................................................................................................. 37 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 2 JOINT CABINET CRISIS WELCOME LETTER Dear Delegates, Hello and welcome! On behalf of the entire crisis team we would like to welcome you to the HamMUN 2018 Crisis experience. We are pleased to announce the topic for this year’s conference will be ‘The German Unification’ and hope you enjoy participating in such a pivotal period of history as much as the team did while preparing diligently and working hard to ensure this crisis would be a success. This welcome is extended to crisis ‘veterans’ just as it is to fresh faces. For experienced crisis delegates, we hope the intricacies of not just military, but balance of power between European nations and the rise of romantic nationalism in the mid-19th century will give you a different crisis experience, where you are forced to think the possible repercussions of maneuvers be it diplomatic, military, or political. As for first-timers to Crisis, we are preparing a great experience for you to enjoy, and hope this will be an amazing experiment that you can take with you in your (hopefully) future crisis to come, as a gateway to many other Crisis and its intricate world-building, especially if you are also interested in joining a crisis staff some time soon! As we shall reiterate the fact again throughout the study guide and during the conference, you will see why the surprise elements, intrigues and intensity of all these makes Crisis the best committee