The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth

by Michael Mandelbaum

Book Overview

In the twenty-five years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart. To be sure, wars took place in this era, but less frequently and on a far smaller scale than in previous periods. Mandelbaum argues that the widespread peace ended...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190935936
• ISBN13: 9780190935931
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Rich Yet Digestible

Thoroughly researched and footnoted, this complex and challenging topic is logically broken down and examined clearly. While academic in tone, the book is not off putting. Highly recommend for students of China political and military and general IR studies.