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Introduction: A Peaceful Europe? Negotiating Peace in the Twentieth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2008

HOLGER NEHRING  and
HELGE PHARO
HOLGER NEHRING
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of Sheffield, 387 Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; h.nehring@sheffield.ac.uk.
HELGE PHARO
Affiliation:
Forum for Contemporary History, Department of Archeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, N–0315 Blindern, Norway; helge.pharo@iakh.uio.no.
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Abstract

The introduction to this special issue on peace in twentieth-century Europe develops a novel interpretation of twentieth-century European history. Rather than focusing on the question of the impact of war and violence within European societies, it seeks to examine what we can gain from exploring how peace was established and maintained in the wake of wars in various European societies. In particular, it focuses on the manifold ways in which different social and international actors negotiated peace, both literally and symbolically. Taken together, the contributions to this special issue thus present a much more complex picture of twentieth-century Europe than the one of a ‘Dark Continent’ (Mark Mazower) ravaged by violence or that propagated by European institutions of a peaceful Europe.

Une europe pacifique? négocier la paix dans l'europe du vingtième siècle

L'introduction de ce numéro spécial sur la paix au vingtième siècle développe une nouvelle interprétation de l'histoire européenne. Plutôt que de se concentrer sur l'impact de la guerre et de la violence sur les sociétés européennes, les auteurs cherchent à examiner le profit que nous pouvons en tirer en analysant comment la paix était établie et maintenue au lendemain des guerres dans différentes sociétés européennes. Plus particulièrement, l'attention est portée sur les nombreuses manières dont les différents acteurs sociaux et internationaux négocient la paix, au sens littéral et symbolique du terme. On arrive ainsi à une image plus complexe que celle de la dichotomie classique entre un ‘continent sombre’ (Mark Mazower), ravagé par la violence, d'une part, et l'image d'une Europe pacifique, véhiculée par les institutions européennes, d'autre part.

Friedliches europa? verhandlungen über den frieden im europa des zwanzigsten jahrhunderts

Die Einleitung zu diesem Sonderheft über ‘Frieden in der europäischen Geschichte’ entwickelt eine Neuinterpretation europäischer Geschichte im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert. Statt sich auf die Folgen von Krieg und Gewalt zu konzentrieren, nähern sich die Autoren dem Problem aus der Perspektive an, wie in unterschiedlichen Gesellschaften im Gefolge von Krieg und Gewalt Frieden geschaffen wurde. Sie konzentrieren sich dabei besonders auf die Art und Weise, wie verschiedene gesellschaftliche und internationale Akteure jeweils über Frieden verhandelten, sowohl im wörtlichen als auch im übertragenen und symbolischen Sinne. Die Autoren entwickeln somit ein komplexeres Bild als jenes eines von Gewalt verwüsteten ‘dunklen Kontinents’ (Mark Mazower) oder gar eines friedlichen Europas, wie es von den europäischen Institutionen propagiert wird.

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Contemporary European History , Volume 17 , Issue 3: A Peaceful Europe? Negotiating Peace in the Twentieth Century , August 2008 , pp. 277 - 299
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