In what diplomatic historians would (almost) call a reversal of alliances, Russia has (almost) become America's best partner-in-arms.

Having the king's confidence as the minister of state in 1755, he was consulted about the reversal of alliances from Prussia to Austria.

A Soviet reversal of alliances in the gulf would shift the global balance of power decisively in Moscow's favor.

Denmark, in particular, seemed amenable to a reversal of alliances in the events leading up to the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

Despite this reversal of alliances, however, the basic antagonisms remained: Prussia versus Austria and Britain versus France.

The name Waziri could very likely be one of ERB's name juxtapositions, and, again, the reversal of alliances would be a normal practice in his writing."

Her single strategic success, brokering the famous "Reversal of Alliances" of 1756, in which France abandoned its longstanding pact with Prussia for one with its archenemy, Austria, brought nothing but grief in the end.

The British and Dutch allies who had proved so reluctant to help her in her time of need were dropped in favour of the French in the so-called Reversal of Alliances (bouleversement) of 1756, under the advice of Kaunitz, Austrian Chancellor (1753-1793).