Conquering peace : from the Enlightenment to the European Union
Stella Ghervas
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Omfang | 513 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Europe and peace -- The enlightened spirit of peace: beyond the Treaty of Utrecht -- The spirit of Vienna: a balance of diplomacy -- The spirit of Geneva: seeking peace through a League of Nations -- The first postwar European spirit: breakthrough to unification -- The second postwar European spirit: the flight of the monarch butterflies -- Conclusion: Quo vadis, Europe?. - "Long before the European Union was the ideal of Europe: a continent politically united and thereby at peace. In a pointed warning to Euroskeptics, Stella Ghervas shows that, for more than 300 years, European thinkers and political leaders have sought to achieve peace by pursuing political unity, with the EU representing the latest achievement"--
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| ISBN | 9780674975262
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