Table of Contents

Preface; 1. On the study of war; 2. Munster and Osnabruck: peace by pieces; 3. War and peace in the era of the heroic warriors, 1648–1713; 4. Act Two of the hegemony drama: the Utrecht settlements; 5. The lethal minuet: war and peace among the Princes of Christendom, 1715–1814; 6. Peace through equilibrium: the settlements of 1814–1815; 7. Conflict and consent, 1815–1914; 8. 1919: peace through democracy and covenant; 9. War as the aftermath of peace: international conflict 1918–1941; 10. Peace by policing; 11. The diversification of warfare: issues and attitudes in the contemporary international system; 12. Issues, war, and international theory; 13. The peacemakers: issues and international order; Bibliography; Additional data sources; Index.

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Professor Holsti examines the origins of war and the foundations of peace of the last 350 years.

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'… this book is an important contribution that will be useful to both students and colleagues. It is clearly organized and eminently readable. The scale of it forces one to think across a broad sweep of history, and to consider some key-scale trends.' International Affairs