Date Thesis Awarded
4-2015
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
International Relations
Advisor
Amy Oakes
Committee Members
Paul Mapp
Michael Butler
Abstract
This thesis explores why the states involved in the Seven Years’ War chose to go to war in 1756 by analyzing the relationship between the individual leader, domestic institutions and state action. Through a structured-focus comparison of Frederick the Great’s Prussia and Newcastle’s Britain, this thesis argues that the domestic institutional structure determines the level of influence held over state action by the individual leader and their preferences.
Recommended Citation
Hartnett, Caitlin, "Frederick's Chessboard: Domestic Institutions and the Origins of the Seven Years' War" (2015). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 154.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/154
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