The Post-Cold War Order: The Spoils of Peace
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What changed with the end of the Cold War? This book traces the main effects on Europe, Pacific Asia, the Middle East, and on important issues such as arms control. It considers the major continents in the global economy, their patterns of security, and liberal human rights, providing the first comprehensive overview of the nature of the post-Cold War order--which should be understood as a kind of peace settlement. Clark brings a clear historical perspective to existing debates on the topic, looking at detailed studies of the settlement and exploring the nature of the 'peace.' He also develops a fresh way of looking at the global economy, international security, and the agenda of liberalism and human rights--all as aspects of the sense of peace set in place at the end of the Cold War.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198776330
ISBN13:9780198776338
Release Date:August 2001
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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written just before the War on Terror
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Take a look at the book's publication date. 9 August 2001. We all know what happened a month later. Through entirely no fault of the author, we can see that the book was perhaps prematurely optimistic. The Spoils of Peace?! Nothing wrong with optimism, but as the author was drafting this book, some months earlier, Osama bin Laden and his cohorts were going to upend and obsolete significant portions of the text. Yet, give Clark his due. The Cold War involved a very real danger of going nuclear. With both sides having tens of thousands of warheads. It could have destroyed civilisation. It is too easy to decry this book as obsolete. Keep some perspective. The terrorist attacks in 2001 killed some 3000 people. Even the protracted conflicts now underway in Iraq and Afghanistan do not contain in them the dangers of global nuclear war. For all the perils that Islamist terrorists pose, they do not have the nuclear armaments that the Soviets possessed. So, yes, we are indeed in a relative age of peace, as Clark posited.
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