War and peace in the 20th century and beyond: proceedings of the Nobel Centennial Symposium
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: River Edge, N.J. World Scientific 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: the conflicts of the 20th century and the solutions for the 21st century / Geir Lundestad & Olav Njølstad -- Dialogue and cooperation to achieve world peace / Kim Dae-jung -- War and peace in the 20th century / Eric Hobsbawm -- Ideologies and polities : liberal democracy and national dictatorship in peace and war / Michael W. Doyle -- Making sense of political violence in postcolonial Africa / Mahmood Mamdani -- Global inequity and persistent conflicts / Amartya Sen -- The rise and fall of great powers / Joseph S. Nye -- Beyond militarism, arms races and arms control / Mary Kaldor -- Rivalry over territory and resources and the balance of peace and war : the 20th century / Louis Fawcett -- Misperception, mistrust, fear / Akira Iriye -- The Nobel Peace Prize in its next century : old and new dimensions / Geir Lundestad
Together with 29 former Peace Prize laureates this outstanding group of international scholars gathered in Oslo on December 6, 2001, for the three-day Nobel Centennial Symposium on "The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century." Counting some of the world's leading historians, anthropologists, economists, and political scientists, the conference offered a unique opportunity to discuss why the 20th century was ridden by so much conflict and how the 21st century may become a more peaceful one
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 255 p.)
ISBN:9789812381965
9789812795496
9812381961
9812795499

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