Overview
- Addresses the following critical questions: Why was the Cold war so exceptional? Is it possible to avoid international crisis and wars? Can positive peace flourish?
- Offers a consistent theoretical framework for the period 1914-2014, drawing on the legacies of Raymond Aron and Johann Galtung
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About this book
This book examines and explains the dialectic of war and peace between the outbreak of WWI and the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. The theoretical inspiration is built upon Galtung’s concept of negative and positive peace, Aron´s distinction between strategy and diplomacy, and Carr´s theory of periodization. Here, the author compares globalization with the interwar period and examines how the first decade´s positive peace, diplomacy, and big hopes were replaced by negative peace, and explains the growing role of military strategy which culminated after the Russian annexation of Crimea and the following military incidents between NATO and Russia. This volume will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers in the fields of modern history, international security and peace studies.Â
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Jan Eichler is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, Prague and Professor of International Security Studies of the University of Economics, Prague. His research interests lie in international security relations from the WWI period to present; namely wars, peace, security and strategic culture and terrorism. He has authored 11 books in Czech, and written many articles and book chapters published in the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Turkey, and Poland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: War, Peace and International Security
Book Subtitle: From Sarajevo to Crimea
Authors: Jan Eichler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60151-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60149-0Published: 19 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95623-4Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60151-3Published: 09 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 210
Topics: Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Military and Defence Studies