From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century

In this timely collection, a dozen leading scholars of international affairs consider the twentieth century’s recurring failure to construct a stable and peaceful international order in the wake of war. Why has peace been so hard to build? The authors reflect on the difficulties faced by governments as they sought a secure world order after the First World War, the Second World War, and the Cold War.

Major wars unleashed new and unexpected forces, the authors show, and in post-war periods p...