Ali Parchami

Hegemonic Peace and Empire

The Pax Romana, Britannica and Americana

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of hegemonic foreign policy and empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781138819719
• ISBN-10: 1138819719
• Artikelnr.: 40951759

Autorenporträt

Ali Parchami is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has a DPhil in History from Oxford University and was a lecturer in Politics at Exeter College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: 'Peace Through Victory' 1. The Peace That Defined
Empire: The Language and Ideology of the Roman Pax 2. The Pax Romana: The
Character of the Roman Hegemonic Peace Part 2: 'The Savage Wars of Peace'
3. A 'New Rome': Analogies and Imperial Projections in Victorian and
Edwardian Britain 4. The Conceptualisation of the Pax Britannica In the
Victorian and Edwardian Eras 5. Imperium et Libertas: The Empire and the
'Anglo-Saxon Peace' 6. Empire and Hegemony: The Realities and Myths of the
British Pax Part 3: 'The Peace of the Benign Imperium' 7. The Pax Americana
Debate: The Liberal Peace and the 'American Empire' Conclusion: The Paradox
of Hegemonic Peace. Bibliography