The Making of Peace: Rulers, States, and the Aftermath of War

ISBN-13: 9780521517195 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 408 str.

Williamson Murray

Opis

The Making of Peace represents a unique contribution to the study of war: namely, the difficulties that statesman have confronted in attempting to put back together the pieces after a major conflict. It contains a number of case studies by many leading historians in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Recenzje

"The broad nature of the book would make it very useful for classroom use, particularly for undergraduate or graduate students of European history"
World History Bulletin, Jessica Achberger, University of Texas at Austin

Spis treści

1. Introduction Williamson Murray; 2. The peace of Nicias Paul H. Rahe; 3. 'A swift and sure peace': the congress of Westphalia 1643–8 Derek Croxton and Geoffrey Parker; 3. The peace of Paris, 1763 Fred Anderson; 4. In search of repose: the congress of Vienna and the making of peace Richard Hart Sinnreich; 5. War and peace in the post-civil war south James M. McPherson; 6. Vae victoribus: Bismarck's quest for peace in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870–1 Marcus Jones; 7. Versailles: the peace without a chance Williamson Murray; 8. 'Building buffers and filling vacuums': Great Britain and the Middle East, 1914–22 John Gooch; 9. Mission improbable, fear, culture, and interest: peacemaking, 1943–9 Colin Gray; 10. The economic making of peace James Lacey; 11. Ending the Cold War Frederick W. Kagan; 12. Conclusion: history and the making of peace Richard Hart Sinnreich.