 | The Peace Discourse in Europe, 1900-1945 Subjects: Humanities; Politics & International Relations; History; Political Philosophy; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Diplomatic History; Fascism & Nazism; Peace Studies; Modern History 1750-1945; This book charts ideas European intellectuals (mostly from Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy) put forward to solve the problem of war during the first half of the twentieth century: a period that began with the Anglo-Boer war and that ended with the explosion of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Such ideas do not belong to a homogeneous tradition of thought, but can be understood as a unique discourse that takes different characteristics according to the point of view of each author and of the specific historical situation. Alberto Castelli is Associate Professor of the History of Political Ideas at the University of Ferrara, Italy. |
