National_Catalogues: On Peace: Peace as a Means of Statecraft

Title: On Peace: Peace as a Means of Statecraft
Identifier: ADA500630
STOAbstractExternal: Peace is a word that is often used but vaguely understood. Conventional thought considers peace as a condition that shares a dialectical relationship with war, albeit devoid of a separate nature of its own. Upon closer examination peace has a pragmatic quality to it as well as the potential to be a separate element of statecraft, not simply the absence, termination, or continuation of war. This paper examines peace at the individual, collective, and intercollective levels. It does so by addressing three central questions. First, how is peace defined and what is its nature? Is it a natural condition or an artificially constructed one? Second, does it differ at the individual, collective, and intercollective levels. And third, can peace stand on its own as a means of policy relative to diplomacy and war? In essence, can peace be waged? Research reveals that a complex paradigmatic change in statecraft must occur to employ peace as a "shaping" and sustaining action. The author believes further inquiry is required to fully understand its potential as a tool, one that is similar to "soft power." At the conclusion of the paper, he offers recommendations for the continued development of this concept.

STOAuthorExternal: ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA Herrera, James H.
STOClassificationExternal: N
STOKeywordsExternal: *PEACE, *SOFT POWER, STATECRAFT, DEFINITIONS, WESTERN CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, HOBBES THOMAS, POLITICS, LOCKE JOHN, KANT IMMANUEL, HEGEL GEORG WILHELM, LUTTWAK EDWARD, FUNK NATHAN, ARON RAYMOND, GILPIN ROBERT, HOROWITZ IRVING
STOPublisher: USA
Language: English
STOReportSource: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA500630
Published: 3/1/2009

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