A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age
of empires Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive
raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global
power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their
discretion. They Called It Peace is a panoramic history of how
these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and
reordered the world from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. In
an account spanning from Asia to the Americas, Lauren Benton shows
how imperial violence redefined the very nature of war and peace.
Instead of preparing lasting peace, fragile truces insured the easy
return to war. Serial conflicts and armed interventions projected a
de facto state of perpetual war across the globe. Benton describes
how seemingly limited war sparked atrocities, from sudden massacres
to long campaigns of dispossession and extermination. She brings
vividly to life a world in which warmongers portrayed themselves as
peacemakers and Europeans imagined “small” violence as
essential to imperial rule and global order. Holding vital lessons
for us today, They Called It Peace reveals how imperial violence of
the past has made perpetual war and the threat of atrocity endemic
features of the international order.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Firstpublished: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Lauren Benton
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-24847-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-691-24847-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780691248479 |
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