1st Edition

The Search for Peace

By D. W. Bowett Copyright 1972
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

Using authoritative extracts from the relevant and important sources at the time, this volume, originally published in 1972, deals with the problems and difficulties of maintaining peace in the world. The control of the use of force remains the most intractable, and yet the most important, problem in international relations. Although the antagonists change, antagonism appears to be almost an... Read more

Prefaces.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction.  Part 1: The Sovereign State and Resort to War.  (a) The Attempts to Outlaw War and Force by Formal Prohibition  (b) The Contemporary Problem of Subversion and Intervention  (c) The Elimination of the Causes of War  Part 2: The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.  Part 3: Peace-Keeping by the United Nations.  Part 4: The Great Powers and ‘Brinksmanship’.  Part 5: The Era of Technology, Aid, Development and Equity.  Part 6: Arms Control and Disarmament.  Part 7: The Future Structure of International Society.  Index.

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