Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union

by Stella Ghervas

Book Overview

A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer lasting peace.

Political peace in Europe has historically been elusive and ephemeral. Stella Ghervas shows that since the eighteenth century, European thinkers and leaders in pursuit of lasting peace fostered the idea of European unification.

Bridging intellectual and political history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067497526X
• ISBN13: 9780674975262
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"