The making of peace : rulers, states, and the aftermath of war / edited by Williamson Murray, Jim Lacey - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - xiv, 390 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Peace of Nicias / Paul H. Rahe --'A swift and sure peace': the Congress of Westphalia 1643-1648 / Derek Croxton and Geoffrey Parker -- The Peace of Paris, 1763 / Fred Anderson -- In search of military repose: the Congress of Vienna and the making of peace / Richard Hart Sinnreich -- War and peace in the post-Civil War South / James M. McPherson -- Vae victoribus: Bismarck's quest for peace in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 / Marcus Jones -- Versailles: the peace without a chance / Williamson Murray --'Building buffers and filling vacuums': Great Britain and the Middle East, 1914-1922 / John Gooch -- Mission improbable, fear, culture, and interest: peace making, 1943-1949 / Colin Gray -- The economic making of peace / James Lacey -- Ending the Cold War / Frederick W. Kagan.

9780521517195 (hbk.) RM293.67 9780521731935 (pbk.)

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History, Modern
Peace--Case studies