When I studied modern history in High School our text book was called 'Frankfurt to Fra Mauro'. Fra Mauro was a landing site on the moon (where Apollo 13 was he

When I studied modern history in High School our text book was called 'Frankfurt to Fra Mauro'. Fra Mauro was a landing site on the moon (where Apollo 13 was headed, iirc); Frankfurt referred to the convention in 1848 which attempted to combine the German-speaking principalities and nationalities into a unified 'Germany'. While it didn't create that outcome (it took 23 more years), I guess the book saw that event (and similar European attempts in the same time period, with less alliteration) as being a key starting point. Of course, I'm not convinced current uprisings are comparable, (or aren't comparable for that matter, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2239018 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2239018) but it's an interesting discussion.