{"product_id":"hegemonic-peace-and-empire","title":"Hegemonic Peace and Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the \u003cem\u003ePax Americana\u003c\/em\u003e within the broader contexts of 'hegemony' and 'empire'. It addresses three main themes: a conceptual examination of the way in which hegemony has been justified; a linguistic study of how the notion of \u003cem\u003epax\u003c\/em\u003e (usually translated as peace) has been used in ancient and modern times; and a study of the international orders created by Rome and Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing an historiographical approach, the book draws upon texts from Greco-Roman antiquity, and sources from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries to show how the pax ideology has served as a justification for hegemonic foreign policy, and as an intellectual exercise in power projection. From Tacitus' condemnation of what he described as 'creating a wilderness and calling it peace', to debates about the establishment of a \u003cem\u003ePax Americana\u003c\/em\u003e in post-Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the book shows not only how the governing elite in each of the three hegemonic orders prescribed to a loose interpretation of the \u003cem\u003epax\u003c\/em\u003e ideology, but also how their internal disagreements and different conceptualisations of pax have affected the process of 'empire-building'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students of international history, empire, and International Relations in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246157517144,"sku":"9781138819719","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138819719_1c2e7170-393d-481c-b114-d9c25c0ea264.jpg?v=1769264116","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hegemonic-peace-and-empire","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}