| Description |
viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: how does peace have a world history? -- Survival of the peaceful: prehistory to the first civilizations -- Peace in the ancient west: Egypt, Greece and Rome -- Peace in the ancient East: India, China and Japan -- Monotheistic peaces: Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation peaces -- Peace, peacemaking and the ascent of nation-states -- Colonial and imperial peace and peacemaking -- Modern economics of peace and peacemaking -- Peace in the twentieth century, part I: 1900-1945 -- Peace in the twentieth century, part II: 1945-1989 -- The presents of peace -- Conclusion: the pyramid of peace: past, present and future. |
| Summary |
"This book is essential reading for students, scholars, policy-shapers, activists and general readers involved with how present forms of peace and peacemaking have been influenced by those of the past, and how future forms can benefit by taking these into account." --Book Jacket. |
| Subject |
Peace-building -- History.
|
| ISBN |
0745641261 paperback |
|
9780745641263 paperback |
|
9780745641256 |
|
0745641253 |
|
