The American way of peace : an interpretation / Jan S. Prybyla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prybyla, Jan S.

Series:

Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy.

Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--United States.

Peace-building.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Traces the development and implementation of Pax Americana, the American way of peace, from World War II to the war on terrorism and the Iraqi conflict. Examines the extent to which modernization must incorporate values of democracy and rule of law"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

I Then (1945-1991)

1 Pax Americana

2 The Postwar Task

3 Bretton Woods

4 The Marshall Plan and Containment

5 German Wirtschaftswunder

6 The Berlin Blockade

7 The Truman Doctrine

8 NATO and Its Cross of Lorraine

9 The Korean War

10 The Hungarian Revolution and the Berlin Wall

11 The Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrushchev

12 The Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia and the Brezhnev Doctrine

13 Cultural Shift

14 Détente

15 Eurocommunism

16 Negotiated Cold War

17 The Errors of Socialism

18 Ronald Reagan and His Critics

19 Solidarity

20 Gorbachev and His Nemesis

21 The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Reunification of Germany

22 The End of an Era

II And Now (1991-2004)

23 After the Fall

24 After the Wall

25 Drifting Apart

26 Aggregation

27 Disaggregation

28 Chinese Shadows

29 9/11 and the War on Terrorism

30 Lessons

Appendix Modernization and Modernity in the Process of Economic Growth and Development

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6480-8

OCLC:

64561196