Italy
Biography of Camillo Cavour (1810-1861): Italian Unification and Realpolitik
Camillo Cavour was the pragmatic Piedmontese statesman whose diplomacy, economic modernization, and alliances helped make Italian unification possible.
Biography of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882)
Garibaldi was a major leader of the unification of Italy and he had an adventurous and tumultuous personal life.
Unification of Italy: Summary, Origins, Phases
The Risorgimento made Italy become an independent country thanks to revolutionaries like Garibaldi and moderates like Cavour.