Perubahan tersebut sebahagian daripada kuadril megah, corak perikatan yang sentiasa beranjak sepanjang abad ke-18 dalam usaha memelihara atau mengganggu imbangan kuasa Eropah.
^D.B. Horn, "The Diplomatic Revolution" in J.O. Lindsay, ed., The New Cambridge Modern History vol. 7, The Old Regime: 1713–63 (1957): pp 449–64.
^Jeremy Black, Essay and Reflection: On the 'Old System' and the Diplomatic Revolution' of the Eighteenth Century" International History Review (1990) 12#2 pp. 301–323
^Franz A.J. Szabo, "Prince Kaunitz and the Balance of Power." International History Review 1#3 (1979): 399–408. in JSTOR
Bacaan lanjut
Black, Jeremy. "Essay and Reflection: On the 'Old System' and the Diplomatic Revolution' of the Eighteenth Century" International History Review (1990) 12#2 pp. 301–323 in JSTOR
Coffin, Judith G. and Robert C. Stacy, Western Civilizations Volume II (2005), 568–570.
Cooper, Kirsten. "A Rivalry Ended? France and Austria during the Diplomatic Revolution and Seven Years War, 1756–1758" (PhD. Diss. Emory University, 2012) online[pautan mati kekal].
Horn, D. B. "The Diplomatic Revolution" in J.O. Lindsay, ed., The New Cambridge Modern History vol. 7, The Old Regime: 1713–63 (1957): pp 449–64; comprehensive brief overview.
Ingrao, Charles W. The Habsburg Monarchy (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 157–177.
Schweizer, Karl W. War, Politics, and Diplomacy: The Anglo-Prussian Alliance, 1756–1763 (University Press of Amer, 1991).
Szabo, Franz A.J. "Prince Kaunitz and the Balance of Power." International History Review 1#3 (1979): 399–408. in JSTOR