The Meaning Of Victory And Peace

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The concept of peace has always attracted radical thought, action, and practices. It has been taken to mean merely an absence of overt violence or war, but in the contemporary era it is often used interchangeably with 'peacemaking', 'peacebuilding', 'conflict resolution', and 'statebuilding'. The modern concept of peace has therefore broadened from the mere absence of violence to something much more complicated. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Richmond explores the evolution of peace in practice and in theory, exploring our modern assumptions about peace and the various different interpretations of its applications. This second edition has been theoretically and empirically updated and introduces a new framework to understand the overall evolution of the international peace architecture. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

In From Victory to Peace, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter brings the Russian perspective to a critical moment in European political history. This history of Russian diplomatic thought in the years after the Congress of Vienna concerns a time when Russia and Emperor Alexander I were fully integrated into European society and politics. Wirtschafter looks at how Russia's statesmen who served Alexander I across Europe, in South America, and in Constantinople represented the Russian monarch's foreign policy and sought to act in concert with the allies. Based on archival and published sources—diplomatic communications, conference protocols, personal letters, treaty agreements, and the periodical press—this book illustrates how Russia's policymakers and diplomats responded to events on the ground as the process of implementing peace unfolded. Thanks to generous funding from the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot and the Mellon Foundation the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other Open Access repositories.

Excerpt from The Meaning of Victory and Peace: A Sermon Preached at the Thanksgiving Service of the First Church of Christ and the Second Church of Christ in Hartford, Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1918 Text: Psalm CXX VI: 3 The Lord hath done great things for us, Whereof we are glad. We thank God that our Thanksgiving is not one of pride. The victory that has been won was not won by us alone. Here is nothing for frantic boast or for foolish word. Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel are great names now in the history of the world, thank God. They are radiant names in the history of America. But there are other great names in the history of the world, the Marne and Verdun and Vimy Ridge, names that will shine as long as the world's history is remembered and read, and these names are not written on the pages of American history. I am not one of those who would lament because this is so. I am one of those who would remember that it is so, lest I be foolish and boastful in a day when it behooves me to be humble in my thanks giving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Perhaps in defiance of expectations, Roman peace (pax) was a difficult concept that resisted any straightforward definition: not merely denoting the absence or aftermath of war, it consisted of many layers and associations and formed part of a much greater discourse on the nature of power and how Rome saw her place in the world. During the period from 50 BC to AD 75 - covering the collapse of the Republic, the subsequent civil wars, and the dawn of the Principate-the traditional meaning and language of peace came under extreme pressure as pax was co-opted to serve different strands of political discourse. This volume argues for its fundamental centrality in understanding the changing dynamics of the state and the creation of a new political system in the Roman Empire, moving from the debates over the content of the concept in the dying Republic to discussion of its deployment in the legitimization of the Augustan regime, first through the creation of an authorized version controlled by the princeps and then the ultimate crystallization of the pax augusta as the first wholly imperial concept of peace. Examining the nuances in the various meanings, applications, and contexts of Roman discourse on peace allows us valuable insight into the ways in which the dynamics of power were understood and how these were contingent on the political structures of the day. However it also demonstrates that although the idea of peace came to dominate imperial Rome's self-representation, such discourse was nevertheless only part of a wider discussion on the way in which the Empire conceptualized itself.

Examines the problems and possibilities facing the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, from the threat of nuclear war and the military's strategic thinking, to the interplay of politics, personality, and history.

Victory Through Christ To Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Lang My fellow workers unto the kingdom of God Colossians 4 11 Foreword 19421943 radio season was notable because it brought the tenth anniversary of our mission of the air. The opening announcement on every program dur ing this period proclaimed Bringing Christ to the Nations The Tenth Anniversary Lutheran Hour We felt that atten tion should be called to the remarkable fact that during a decade of peace and war God had permitted us to broadcast the Gospel of Jesus Christ with its pledge of salvation and its divine help for our distracted age. For ten years the Holy Spirit touched the hearts of our listeners, and in an increasing degree prayers ascended to heaven beseeching divine benediction on our work. For ten years the broadcast promises of peace and pardon through faith in the Saviors atonement led tens of thousands in our country and many beyond its borders to contribute the large sums required for our broadcast we pay for every moment of our network time at die full commercial rate. For ten years our appeal for repentance and faith in Christ has led multitudes from sin to salvation. We thus have overabundant reason to thank our Triune God for the benediction and direc tion without which our efforts would have failed. I praise the goodness of the Lord because He gave me health and strength to speak in every regular broadcast. During a period as long as this, personalities inevitably come to the forefront. Lest too much recognition be given the human side of our radio endeavors, I tell our readers emphaticallyas I have stated in gatherings from coast to coast that no credit whatever should be given me per sonally. All honor to God and to Him alone In my own eyes it is a marvel of divine grace that this mighty missionary enterprise, begun with hesitation and executed as only a part of my busy seminary life, has enjoyed such startling success. Humbly and reverently we who have witnessed Gods glorious guidance in this happy work declare that the Lutheran Hour should be classified as one of the mighty miracles of mission ary history, a twentieth-century wonder, in which the Savior VII VIII FOKEWORD demonstrated the unfailing truth of His promise, AH things are possible to him that believeth. The aspect of our radio mission which fills me with con stant awe is the fact that these years have recorded an un mistakable increase in the listening audience. For the first half of the tenth season the period from October 25, 1942, to Palm Sunday, April 18, 1943, represented by the messages in this volume about 275,000 letters came to radio head quarters and to my office. These communications, the largest number ever received during a similar period, furnish definite evidence that the American people are not tired of the Gospel. Despite war and its disturbances, restrictions, and counter attractions our broadcast has gone forward in amazing strides. During the ten seasons a total of more than 1,500,000 letters were sent to the Lutheran Hour. If the ratio of ad vertising men is correct in its claim that we should figure 1,000 listeners for every letter, the radio has certainly de monstrated its remarkable power in spreading the Saviors Gospel. The tenth-anniversary season was appropriately marked by farsighted action on the part of the Lutheran Laymens League when it adopted the long-discussed and earnestly de sired resolution to broadcast continually each Sunday through out the year...